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In 2021, Jumper was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The year is incorrect. Official BBVA sources list Jumper as a Frontiers of Knowledge laureate in the XV Edition (2022), announced on January 25, 2023 — not 2021.
Full reasoning
Official BBVA sources do not place John Jumper's Frontiers of Knowledge award in 2021.
- The BBVA Foundation's laureates page lists David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Michael Jumper under Biología y Biomedicina — XV Edición (2022).
- BBVA's announcement page for that prize is dated 25 Jan 2023 and says the Foundation awarded the prize in its fifteenth edition to Baker, Hassabis, and Jumper.
So whether one refers to the award by its edition year (2022) or by the public announcement date (2023), the article's claim that Jumper was awarded it in 2021 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Galardonados categorías - Premios Fronteras
Biología y Biomedicina ... David Baker XV Edición (2022) ... Demis Hassabis XV Edición (2022) ... John Michael Jumper XV Edición (2022).
- Frontiers of Knowledge Award to scientists who used AI to predict the 3D structure of proteins
25 Jan 2023 ... The BBVA Foundation awarded the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine in this fifteenth edition to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper.
DeepMind, a research lab acquired by Google's parent company Alphabet Inc
This gets the acquirer wrong. DeepMind says it joined forces with Google in 2014, and SEC filings show Alphabet only became Google's parent on October 2, 2015.
Full reasoning
The article says Alphabet acquired DeepMind, but the timeline in primary sources shows otherwise.
- Google DeepMind itself says one reason for "joining forces with Google in 2014" was to use Google's scale to bring its work to the wider world. That places DeepMind's acquisition/integration with Google in 2014.
- A 2015 SEC filing states that on October 2, 2015, Google implemented a holding-company reorganization that resulted in Alphabet owning all of the outstanding capital stock of Google.
So Alphabet became Google's parent after DeepMind had already joined Google. The company acquired in 2014 was Google, not Alphabet Inc.
2 sources
- Scaling Streams with Google - Google DeepMind
One of the reasons for joining forces with Google in 2014 was the opportunity to use Google's scale and experience...
- Google Inc. Form 15-12G (SEC filing)
On October 2, 2015, Google Inc. implemented a holding company reorganization ... which resulted in Alphabet owning all of the outstanding capital stock of Google.