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This is <\/em>Optimizer<\/a>, a weekly newsletter sent from <\/em>Verge senior reviewer<\/em> Victoria Song<\/em><\/a> that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. This week’s issue is a special early edition tied to <\/em>The Verge’s Google I\/O coverage. You can expect our next issue at its usual time next Friday. Opt in for <\/em>Optimizer here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Toward the end of this year’s Google I\/O keynote, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis declared, with a completely deadpan face, that the company hopes to “reimagine the drug discovery process with the goal of one day solving all disease.” <\/p>\n

This is the sort of statement that the phras \u2026<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s unpack what Demis Hassabis said at the end of yesterday\u2019s Google I\/O keynote. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. 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