AI-ready biological data: $1.8B global commitment

(biohub.org)

56 points | by ray__ 3 hours ago

3 comments

  • randomdrake 1 hour ago
    I’ve been toying with the idea of a SETI@Home successor that uses leftover subscription credits from the (currently) subsidized AI providers to help contribute to a collective goal like this.

    I wonder if there will be any opportunities to combine resources collectively like that again in the future.

    I built a small prototype that would let people in less-developed countries get AI responses from it for free. But it’d be super neat to work together and put our laptops and subscriptions to work on something like this.

    • arcanemachiner 47 minutes ago
      I feel like it would be better to create open synthetic training data for all to benefit from,or something along those lines, as opposed to giving it to those claiming to be in need, as such a system would be exploited and abused in a matter of days.
  • redanddead 1 hour ago
    Could be cool

    It’s like the Mayo Clinic’s data grant

  • Fomite 2 hours ago
    Meanwhile the current administration is actively taking formerly publicly available data sets that are critical for research offline.