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Meta AI Mafia strikes again: EvolutionaryScale secures $142 million in seed funding

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In August 2023, as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency” that led to more than 20,000 layoffs, Meta disbanded a research team of a dozen scientists who had trained a large AI language model for biology. But Alexander Rives, who led the research cohort known as Meta’s “AI protein team,” wasn’t deterred by Meta’s … Read more

Scientists develop yellow seed camelina with high oil production

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Artist’s rendering of the effect of editing all six copies of the TT8 gene in Camelina sativa. Seeds with inactivated TT8 genes (right) show a yellow color, reduced thickness of their seed coat and an accumulation of almost 22% more … Read more