AI offers an opportunity to build a richer and safer world.
The UK already has strong foundations to seize this moment and is uniquely placed to connect AI innovation to the public good. That’s why we’re excited to deepen our collaboration with the UK Government to accelerate this work and provide a blueprint for other countries.
Together, we will focus on leveraging AI to accelerate advances in science and education, modernize public services, and improve national security and resilience.
Accelerating access to frontier AI in key areas: Science and Education
Our partnership will focus on providing access to frontier AI in two areas that are fundamental to the UK’s long-term success: scientific discovery and education.
Britain has a rich history of applying new technology to advance scientific progress, from Hooke’s microscope to Faraday’s electrical experiments. We aim to build on this tradition by equipping the next generation of scientists with AI tools that can unlock breakthroughs, transform economies, and solve some of the major challenges facing humanity. We will give UK scientists priority access to our ‘AI for Science’ models, including:
AlphaEvolve – A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms AlphaGenome – An AI model that helps scientists better understand DNAAI DNAAI Collaborators – A multi-agent AI system that acts as a virtual scientific collaborator WeatherNext – A family of state-of-the-art weather forecasting models
Like microscopes and telescopes, these AI tools are designed to enhance scientific capabilities, allowing researchers to tackle problems of unprecedented complexity and scale. For example, AlphaFold, our AI system for predicting protein structure, has already enabled around 190,000 researchers in the UK alone to better understand areas such as crop resilience, antimicrobial resistance and other important biological challenges.
Google DeepMind’s first automated science laboratory established in the UK
To accelerate scientific discovery, we will establish Google DeepMind’s first automated laboratory dedicated to materials science research in the UK in 2026. A multidisciplinary team of researchers will oversee research in the lab, and it will be built from the ground up to be fully integrated with Gemini. By directing world-class robotics to synthesize and characterize hundreds of materials every day, the research team aims to significantly shorten the timeline for identifying innovative new materials.
The discovery of new materials is one of the most important endeavors in science, offering the potential to reduce costs and enable entirely new technologies. For example, superconductors operating at ambient temperature and pressure could enable low-cost medical imaging and reduce power losses in power grids. Other new materials could enable advanced batteries, next-generation solar cells and more efficient computer chips, helping to tackle important energy challenges.
