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AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now more open

The code underlying the Nobel-prize-winning tool for modelling protein structures can now be downloaded by academics.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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AlphaFold3 is open at last. Six months after Google DeepMind controversially withheld code from a paper describing the protein-structure prediction model1, scientists can now download the software code and use the artificial intelligence (AI) tool for non-commercial applications, the London-based company announced on 11 November.

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Nature 635, 531-532 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03708-4

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  • Correction 14 November 2024: An earlier version of this article stated that AlphaFold3 is now ‘open source’. This is not the case, as weights for the model can only be accessed upon request, and the code can only be used for non-commercial applications.

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  1. Abramson, J. et al. Nature 630, 493–500 (2024).

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