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The Download: Montana’s experimental treatments, and Google DeepMind’s new AI agent

Rhiannon Williams

created: May 15, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: May 20, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

The news: A bill that allows clinics to sell unproven treatments has been passed in Montana. And these longevity enthusiasts are hoping Montana will serve as a test bed for opening up access to experimental drugs. —Jessica HamzelouGoogle DeepMind’s new AI agent cracks real-world problems better than humans canGoogle DeepMind has once again used large language models to discover new solutions to long-standing problems in math and computer science. The new tool, called AlphaEvolve, uses large language models (LLMs) to produce code for a wide range of different tasks. In many cases, the results are more efficient or more accurate than the best existing (human-written) solutions.Read the full story.

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