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Zuckerberg's Biohub Invests $500M in AI Biology
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's Biohub announced a $500 million investment in a five-year Virtual Biology Initiative aimed at generating data to model disease at the cellular level. The initiative will involve partnerships with organizations like Nvidia and the Allen Institute to create open datasets for AI research.
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