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Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas, a predictive map of all 9 billion human DNA variants

As of September 2026: Led the team that built AlphaGenome and the Atlas

Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome Atlas on Tuesday, a free online database that predicts the effects of all 9 billion possible single-letter changes to human DNA. The 1-petabyte resource, built on the AlphaGenome AI model, is the most complete catalogue of human genetic variation ever built.

Updated Sep 9

AI decodes the genome's dark matter

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Leading DeepMind's genomics initiative

For twenty years after scientists sequenced the human genome, 98% of it remained essentially unreadable. The protein-coding genes were mapped, but the vast regulatory regions—the genome's operating system—stayed opaque. On January 28, 2026, Google DeepMind released the full source code for AlphaGenome, an artificial intelligence model that predicts how genetic variants in these non-coding regions affect gene regulation and disease.

Updated May 26

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Previously, the field required separate models for separate tasks. AlphaGenome unifies these under one roof.

from AI decodes the genome's dark matter · Updated May 26

Long sequences—up to a million DNA letters long—were required to understand the full regulatory environment of a single gene.

from AI decodes the genome's dark matter · Updated May 26