KeptPromise
Release the AlphaFold 3 model, including weights, for academic use within six months
“posted on the social-media platform X that the team is “working on releasing the AF3 model (incl weights) for academic use” within six months.”
Context: Pushmeet Kohli, Google DeepMind VP of research, after criticism that the AlphaFold3 paper shipped without code; as reported in a Nature editorial (May 22, 2024).
How we judge it
Our interpretation: by mid-Nov 2024, Google DeepMind makes AlphaFold 3 code plus model weights available for academic (non-commercial) use.
Resolution criteria are our interpretation of the claim, written before grading. Methodology
- Said
- Resolve by
- Verdict
- Kept ()
- Stated probability
- None stated
- Specificity
- 3 of 3 (precise and measurable)
- Score
- 1.0 points × weight 3
Evidence & grader’s note
Delivered on Nov 11, 2024, about six months later: code on GitHub, weights by application, non-commercial only.
