Exciting AI Innovations in Drug Discovery

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A new open-source drug discovery platform that gives researchers full access from day one, plus a new AI-powered platform that claiming to outperform individual human experts. And don’t miss a powerful prompt to help with white paper writing!


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AI NEW DRUG
Biotech Startup Launches Open-Source AI Model

Source Chai Discovery

A new player in the AI-driven drug discovery field is making waves, following in the footsteps of DeepMind’s AlphaFold and EvolutionaryScale’s ESM3. This biology-focused startup is ready to revolutionize the lab with its innovative AI model.

The Details:

  • Co-founded by Meta and OpenAI veteran Joshua Meier, Chai Discovery was launched in March.

  • This week, the company introduced Chai-1, a cutting-edge AI model that boasts 10-20% greater precision compared to its competitors.

  • Notably, the model is open-source, allowing researchers full access from the start.

  • With $30M in fresh funding from OpenAI and Thrive Capital, Chai Discovery has now reached a valuation of $150M.

Why It Matters: Traditionally, biologists had to rely on laborious trial-and-error methods to understand the relationships between proteins and molecules, which consumed vast amounts of time and resources. AI-driven platforms like Chai streamline this process, quickly identifying potential compounds that could lead to treatments for major diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s.

AI ELECTIONS
Superhuman AI Forecasting

Source FiveThirtyNine

The Center for AI Safety has unveiled a new “automated forecasting” platform that it says performs better than individual human forecasters — and about the same as groups of human forecasters.

Powered by GPT-4o, it can give the probability of different open-ended scenarios, like “Will we get superintelligence by 2030?” This technology, named FiveThirtyNine, synthesizes vast amounts of information from various sources to predict outcomes on complex issues with remarkable accuracy. By reducing human emotional bias, it delivers calibrated probabilities swiftly, making it a valuable tool for policymakers and strategists dealing with intricate decisions.

As a strategic asset in decision-making, FiveThirtyNine holds the promise of elevating public debates and informing critical government and corporate decisions. Its diligent comparisons against crowd-sourced forecasts on platforms like Metaculus highlight its efficiency and reliability in forecasting significant events.

The platform's potential to foster a more grounded and factual discourse could reshape how we approach critical discussions and policies, marking a new era in the integration of AI into our societal frameworks. With its capabilities, FiveThirtyNine establishes an advanced framework for predictive analytics, guiding us closer to an informed consensus on pressing global and local challenges.

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