"The beginning of a new scientific paradigm": Zuckerberg's Biohub, U.S. and Google build virtual cell
Zuckerberg's $1.8B AI project seeking to build a virtual cell.
TL;DR
- Biohub, Google, and the U.S. government are partnering to use AI to generate biological data for predicting cell behavior.
- The goal is to create an AI model allowing scientists to test experiments virtually, saving time and resources.
- The collaboration involves Biohub, Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, Meta, the Department of Energy, and the National Institutes of Health.
- The initiative is backed by $1.8 billion in funding, data, computing, and measurement technology.
- Commercial partners will have a one-year exclusive access to the data before it is publicly shared.