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Matej Balog

@matejbalog.bsky.social
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Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, working on algorithm discovery using AI: AlphaTensor, FunSearch, and beyond

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Matej Balog @matejbalog.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We applied AlphaEvolve's autoresearch powers to an ML pipeline tackling one of the most famous problems in CS: time complexity of matrix multiplication (ω). We improved the SOTA! A small step for ω (similar to recent works), but a nice milestone for AI arxiv.org/abs/2608.168...
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Matej Balog @matejbalog.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
AlphaEvolve is scaling up 🧬⚡️🖥️ What started as an agent for discovering new algorithms is now optimizing quantum circuits, helping make electric grids more sustainable, and further improving AI's own infrastructure. See the real-world impact here: deepmind.google/blog/alphaev...
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AlphaEvolve: Gemini-powered coding agent scaling impact across fields
Discover how AlphaEvolve optimizes algorithms for genomics, quantum physics, global infrastructure, and more to accelerate scientific progress and solve real-world challenges.
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A new paper with Bogdan Georgiev, Javier Gomez-Serrano, and Adam Zsolt Wagner: "Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale" arxiv.org/abs/2511.02864. Further discussion is at terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/m...
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Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale
AlphaEvolve is a generic evolutionary coding agent that combines the generative capabilities of LLMs with automated evaluation in an iterative evolutionary framework that proposes, tests, and refines ...
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 14/05/2025
AlphaEvolve finds new algorithms that outperform the best human-made solutions for data center management, chip design and more.
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Google DeepMind’s new AI uses large language models to crack real-world problems
AlphaEvolve finds new algorithms that outperform the best human-made solutions for data center management, chip design and more.
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Matej Balog @matejbalog.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Announcing AlphaEvolve, our new LLM coding agent that has - made new scientific discoveries - discovered algorithms that are now deployed at Google (in Gemini, Transformers, TPU hardware design & data centers) Blog: deepmind.google/discover/blo... White paper: storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-med...
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AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms
New AI agent evolves algorithms for math and practical applications in computing by combining the creativity of large language models with automated evaluators
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Emilien Dupont @emidup.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
We introduce 🌸✨ AlphaEvolve ✨🌸, an evolutionary coding agent using LLMs coupled with automatic evaluators, to tackle open scientific problems 🧑‍🔬 and optimize critical pieces of compute infra ⚙️ deepmind.google/discover/blo...
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joao @joao.omg.lol · 20/11/2024
Also not the first time (nor the last) that DeepMind has improved a component of quantum computers! arxiv.org/abs/2402.14396
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Quantum Circuit Optimization with AlphaTensor
A key challenge in realizing fault-tolerant quantum computers is circuit optimization. Focusing on the most expensive gates in fault-tolerant quantum computation (namely, the T gates), we address the ...
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Matej Balog @matejbalog.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Great work, congratulations to both teams!
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 19/11/2024
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
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