Google Research Head Yossi Mathias: AI For Cancer Research, Quantum's Progress, Researchers' Future

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Yossi Matias is the head of Google Research. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's research efforts in areas like cancer treatment and Quantum and to discuss the relationship between research and product. Tune in to hear how Google used LLMs to generate a cancer hypothesis validated in living cells, what a “13,000×” quantum result really means, and how the research product loop turns papers into products. We also cover whether AI can automate a researcher's job. This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience at Google's Mountain View headquarters. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	The head of Google Research joins us to talk about AI for cancer research, quantum, and whether
0:05.5	product and research are getting too close together. That conversation, in front of a live
0:10.7	audience of researchers and media at Google's Mountain View headquarters, is coming up right after
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1:22.5	generation of identities, including your AI agents. Visit octa.com. That's OKTA.com. Hey, everyone. I'm Alex Cantorwitz. I'm the host of big technology podcast, and I'm thrilled to be here for a conversation with the head of Google Research, Yosei Matias, about the future of research and how it intersects with product. Yossi, great to see you. Well, thanks for being here, Alex.
1:44.6	So there's been a lot of noise in the AI world recently,
1:47.9	a lot of noise.
1:49.4	But recently, Google has come up with a hypothesis
1:53.0	about cancer cell behavior with an LLM
1:56.3	that was then proven out in a living cell.
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