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Yannis Assael

@iassael

👨🏻‍💻 Staff Research Scientist @GoogleDeepMind.
🚀 @MIT Innovators Under 35 Europe & @Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe.
🌍 AI for the greater good.
London, England assael.gr Joined April 2009
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Yannis Assael @iassael
🏛️ Unveiling a new way to converse with antiquity with the "Predicting the Past" skill for Google @antigravity.

This agentic AI partner expands historical research by bridging Gemini’s reasoning with our specialized models, Aeneas and Ithaca.
Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind Jul 7
🏛️ We’re unveiling a new way to converse with the ancient world.

By grounding Gemini directly in our expert models Aeneas and Ithaca, our Predicting the Past Skill in Google @antigravity lets historians study Greek and Latin texts using plain English. 🧵
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Yannis Assael @iassael
📜 Today, we’re publishing our latest work in Nature introducing Aeneas, the first AI model for connecting the past.
Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind Jul 23, 2025
Our new state-of-the-art AI model Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past. 📜

Ancient inscriptions often lack context – it's like solving a puzzle with 90% of the pieces lost to time. It helps researchers interpret and situate inscriptions in their past context. 🧵
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Yannis Assael @iassael
"The first big project to show AI’s potential began life as a collaboration at the University of Oxford, UK, in 2017, where @TSommerschield was doing a PhD in ancient history and @iassael was doing a PhD in computer science."

nature.com/articles/d4158…
www.nature.com How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history Nature - From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.
Yannis Assael @iassael
Excited to share our work on LearnLM and AI for Education: "LearnLM outperformed other leading AI models when it comes to adhering to the principles of learning science"
Google Verified account @Google Dec 19, 2024
In a recent technical report, LearnLM, our set of AI models and capabilities fine-tuned for learning, outperformed other leading AI models on the principles of learning science. Now it’s available to try out in AI Studio. Learn more ↓ goo.gle/4gmEdxp
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