Meet AlphaEvolve, the Google AI that writes its own code—and just saved millions in computing costs
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Summary
Google’s DeepMind unit has revealed an AI agent called AlphaEvolve, which creates new algorithms and uses them to boost efficiency within the company’s data centres and chip designs.
Based on large language models called Gemini, AlphaEvolve evolved from the firm’s FunSearch system that specialised in discovering new mathematical solutions.
After more than a year of operation, the algorithm has delivered a 0.7% efficiency boost for Google’s computing resources by identifying stranded resources in data centres, as well as re-writing aspects of chip design to remove unnecessary elements.
It has also solved mathematical problems that had never been answered before, such as improving upon a 56-year-old matrix multiplication algorithm.
The technology will be made available to select academics and researchers in the near future.