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A $1.8 billion biology coalition tackles AI’s missing experimental data
New experiments, measurement technology and shared standards could help researchers predict how cells respond to interventions and choose better laboratory experiments.
- AI’s role
- Planned predictive models would learn from standardized experimental data to forecast cellular responses and prioritize laboratory hypotheses.
- Documented result
- Biohub, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs and Meta announced an expanded effort on October 7 to build the experimental data that predictive models of biology need. The coalition puts a reported $1.8 billion of funding, data, computing and measurement technology behind the Virtual Biology Initiative. S1
- Important limitation
- Today’s announcement establishes a coordinated commitment. It does not report a newly completed universal cell model, a clinical result or a treatment ready for patients. S1