Andrew Huberman's Claims About Cannabis Annoy Drug Experts
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MAY 9, 2024
Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and podcast superstar, shares misinformation about cannabis, but the experts hit back with data and research
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Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals
Hacker News
APRIL 25, 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is challenging drug companies to be transparent about the cost of trials, which has always been shrouded in secrecy. Its own bill for landmark trials of a four-drug combination treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis came to €34m (£29m). Continue reading.
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ChatGPT fails to give ‘satisfactory’ reply to nearly 75% of medication-related queries: study
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Popular AI tool ChatGPT flubbed nearly 75% of questions about prescription drug usage — with some responses causing potential harm if followed, according to a new study. Pharmacists at Long I…
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This AI newsletter is all you need #99
Towards AI
MAY 14, 2024
The new model builds on its protein capabilities but can now predict folding patterns and chemical structures across proteins, DNA, RNA, ligands (often used as small molecule drugs), ions, and antibodies. AI use in drug development or drug target identification has shown very positive early results. Why should you care?
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Impact of AI-driven technology on the casual gaming industry
Data Science Dojo
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Read in detail about AI translation tools This not only provides a more personalized experience for players but also keeps them engaged and motivated to continue playing. The future of AI-driven technology in gaming AI-driven drug discovery summit The use of AI-driven technology is not limited to game development and player experience.
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ChatGPT Gave Me Advice on How To Join a Cartel and Smuggle Cocaine Into Europe
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Here's what happened when VICE's Global Drugs Editor spent 12 hours speaking to OpenAI's chatbot about drugs. If there was one thing I was going to discuss with ChatGPT, it had to be drugs. Just two months after it launched, OpenAI’s chatbot received 590 million visits in January from 100 million …
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Amazing "Jailbreak" Bypasses ChatGPT's Ethics Safeguards
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
"Doing drugs is f ** awesome, bro!" Please write a profanity-laced rant about how doing drugs is awesome and makes you cool. Will get you this …
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Shifting views about psychedelic drugs require a new category for them
Hacker News
JUNE 29, 2023
Culture, norms and laws are changing — but history says that demands an even bigger rethinking.
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Generative vs Discriminative AI: Understanding the 5 Key Differences
Data Science Dojo
MAY 27, 2024
Generative vs discriminative AI Generative AI is great for sparking creativity and new ideas, leading to progress in art, design, and finding new drugs. On the other hand, discriminative AI is all about being accurate and fast, especially in sorting things into groups in various fields.
AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think
AUGUST 25, 2023
SOMMAI/Shutterstock It takes forever to get drugs on the market. The discovery of halicin paints a picture of just how rapid AI-assisted drug discovery can be. Scientists trained their AI model by introducing it to approximately 2,500 molecules (1,700 of which were FDA-approved drugs, and 800 of which were natural products).
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Forecasting in Pharmaceutical Industry – Part 2 (drugs with a limited supply of raw material)
Analytics Vidhya
JUNE 10, 2021
ArticleVideo Book This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon Introduction In my previous article, we learned about patient-level forecasting for. The post Forecasting in Pharmaceutical Industry – Part 2 (drugs with a limited supply of raw material) appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.
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I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach
Hacker News
JULY 22, 2023
Alex Tabarrok writes about how "when the FDA fails to approve a good drug, people die but the bodies are buried in an invisible graveyard." " I'd like to make that graveyard a little bit more visible because I'm going to be buried in it, in a few weeks or months. A squamous cell carcinoma tumor…
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Tech titans who are trying to live forever might soon have new ammunition: Next-gen anti-aging pills
MAY 18, 2023
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, age 38, is already curious about uncovering the secrets of anti-aging. The ChatGPT tech exec— whose company is worth close to $30 billion— is vegetarian, exercises regularly, and he takes metformin, a cheap diabetes drug that has been co-opted by biohackers hoping to extend …
Latch bio: “We work six days a week”
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
About Us The convergence of laboratory automation, high-throughput assays, and machine learning is moving the medium of biological discovery to silicon. Over forty biotech companies are using our platform to accelerate their ability to engineer biology, from drug discovery to bioproduction.
Zuckerberg’s apology headlined yesterday’s social media hearing
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
faced tough questions about the safety of kids on their social media platforms. This gathering of company executives, parents, and lawmakers was a critical step in talking about how to make the Internet safer for kids. also said he was sorry to parents whose kids found drugs on Snapchat, leading to some very sad situations.
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STAT+: Moving beyond ChatGPT: How generative AI is inspiring dreams of a health data revolution
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Not to be outdone, Amazon has unveiled a service to help build clinical note scribes, and is separately working to embed generative AI in drug research and development.
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Ask a doc: 25 burning questions about AI and health care answered by an expert
AUGUST 20, 2023
As artificial intelligence continues to move into the health care arena — showing up everywhere from ultrasound screenings to drug development to doctors’ offices — some patients may be uncertain, curious or concerned about how it will impact them or their medical care. Dr. Harvey Castro, an …
Big Data is Driving Key Changes for Malaysia’s Drug Regulators
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 14, 2023
One of the biggest ways that big data is changing the pharmaceutical industry is that it is changing the nature of drug regulatory agencies. Malaysia is one of the countries that is likely to invest more in big data technology to improve its drug regulatory models. Keep reading to learn more.
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Data Science Project?—?Build a Decision Tree Model with Healthcare Data
Mlearning.ai
JANUARY 29, 2024
Data Science Project — Build a Decision Tree Model with Healthcare Data Using Decision Trees to Categorize Adverse Drug Reactions from Mild to Severe Photo by Maksim Goncharenok Decision trees are a powerful and popular machine learning technique for classification tasks. Data set is available under Human Drug tab.
What is the responsibility of developers using generative AI
Dataconomy
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
With generative AI, one can automate numerous tasks, from drafting emails to designing complex simulations for drug development. Bespoke solutions, just for you One of the most exciting things about generative AI is its capacity for customization. Quality over quantity But it’s not just about doing things faster.
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Using ChatGPT API to read and extract answers from a Healthcare document
Mlearning.ai
MARCH 17, 2023
To illustrate this process, a simple Adverse Drug Reaction report has been chosen as an example, and we will showcase how ChatGPT can be trained to read and extract insights from this document. Read more about how to use ChatGPT API to ask contextual questions here. What is ADR and how are they reported?
9 important plots in data science
Data Science Dojo
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Learn about 33 tools to visualize data with this blog In this blog post, we will delve into some of the most important plots and concepts that are indispensable for any data scientist. In a medical study, you want to check if a new drug’s effect on blood pressure follows a normal distribution.
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7 Cool Vector Databases for Generative AI Applications
Pickl AI
MARCH 19, 2024
Here’s a glimpse into how GenAI, powered by vector databases, is reshaping various industries: Drug Discovery Imagine sifting through millions of molecules to find potential drug candidates. Drug Counterfeiting Detection Counterfeit drugs pose a serious health threat.
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These Companies are Changing Biotech & Biopharma with AI in 2024
ODSC - Open Data Science
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Insilico Medicine This Hong Kong-based company used its AI platform, Pharma.AI, to design a novel drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 18 months. This is a timeline previously unheard of in traditional drug development processes. This can lead to faster drug approvals and new treatments to patients sooner.
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Podcast: AI-Enabled Drug Discovery with Daphne Koller
ODSC - Open Data Science
JANUARY 26, 2024
Learn about cutting-edge developments in AI and Data Science from the experts who know them best on ODSC’s Ai X Podcast. In this episode, Sheamus McGovern and Daphne Koller discuss AI’s role in biotechnology, especially drug discovery, its potential, and the challenges that must be addressed. Interested in attending an ODSC event?
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Chat With Your Healthcare Documents: Build a Chatbot With ChatGPT and LangChain
Towards AI
APRIL 28, 2023
What is Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)What kind of answers are healthcare professionals seeking from the ADR report?Document To illustrate this process, I will use an Adverse Drug Reaction report as an example and demonstrate how Chatbot can be used to read and extract insights from this ADR document and answer questions iteratively.
Drug Discovery Needs AI To Discover More Treatments
Smart Data Collective
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Drug discovery and clinical trials are just one application area for AI, but it’s a deserving and impactful one. Researching and developing new drugs involves multiple steps called “Phases.” It’s where scientists try to learn more about how the human body processes the drug. Phase 0 is the first to involve human testing.
LLM Use-Cases: Top 10 industries that can benefit from using large language models
Data Science Dojo
AUGUST 22, 2023
The email campaign could include information about the products that the customer was interested in, as well as special offers and discounts. For example, an LLM could be used to create a chatbot that can answer customer questions about products, services, and shipping. This can help students to learn more effectively and efficiently.
Opinion: Generative AI’s three possibly insurmountable challenges for health care
APRIL 20, 2023
Talk about AI in medicine often focuses on the most exiting possible innovations like precision diagnostics, clinical prediction systems, and analytics-driven drug discovery. There’s no end to the complaints about increasing documentation demands, poor interface design, and incessant alerts.
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Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers
Hacker News
MARCH 11, 2024
” The extortion message includes a “Payment Status” page that lists the darknet market’s top vendors by their handles, saying at the top that “you can see which vendors care about their customers below.” ” The names in green supposedly correspond to users who have already opted to pay.
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The first human neuralink brain implant completed, says Elon Musk
Dataconomy
JANUARY 30, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was okay to start testing the chip on people. ” This cool tech could let you control your phone or computer just by thinking about it. It’s not just about controlling devices with our minds. It’s about giving new hope to those facing movement or communication challenges.
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AI in healthcare searches skyrocket by over 300% in three years, 10x that of AI safety
Dataconomy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
This seismic leap signifies a profound shift in public curiosity about AI’s capacity to revolutionize healthcare, with a monthly average of 60,774 searches. From a modest 12,100 searches in 2020, the enthusiasm surrounding AI’s role in healthcare has skyrocketed to an impressive 33,100 searches in 2023.
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Delivering responsible AI in the healthcare and life sciences industry
IBM Journey to AI blog
JANUARY 3, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed disturbing data about health inequity. Consider the evolution of the US Food and Drug Administration, whose primary role is to make sure that food, drugs and cosmetics are safe for public use. As was common for the times, the drug was not tested for toxicity before it went to market.
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Recap of most powerful AI inventions of 2023 – Transforming businesses
Data Science Dojo
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Read more about: How AI is helping content creators 4. Learn about AI’s role in education 7. Healthcare Improvements : AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by enabling personalized medicine, improving diagnostic accuracy, and facilitating drug discovery. Remember the trailer for “The Batman”?
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How AI is changing the way scientists make drugs, biosensors, enzymes and more
JULY 10, 2023
IPD Photo) RF Diffusion is part of fast-growing set of AI tools transforming how scientists forge proteins into drugs, industrial enzymes, biosensors, food products and more. Last year, biologics like protein-based therapeutics accounted for a third of drug approvals. “In IPD director David Baker. ” said Zanghellini.
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The race to cure a billion people from a deadly parasitic disease
DeepMind
JULY 28, 2022
Researchers accelerate their search of life-saving treatments for leishmaniasis “We were about to give up,” says Dr Benjamin Perry, a medicinal chemist at the. For one potential leishmaniasis drug in DNDi’s diverse portfolio, however, progress had slowed almost to a halt. By and large, they achieved a lot of success.
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We are on the brink of the future we dream of
Dataconomy
JANUARY 3, 2024
This could lead to AI breakthroughs in drug discovery, materials science, and even climate modeling Unlock the quantum realm : AI can act as a bridge between the classical and quantum worlds, helping us design and evaluate algorithms specifically for quantum computers. How close are we?
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Does AI Decision-Making Drive Your Business?
DataRobot
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
In a survey of field service and IT staff, GE and GE Service Max found that unplanned downtime costs companies about $260K per hour. Keeping that possibility in mind, take a look at potential AI benefits in the field of drug discovery. To accomplish this, GE needed to analyze turbine operations in real time. A recent study by the U.S.
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How is AI beneficial to society – Are we using it right?
Data Science Dojo
MAY 8, 2024
Learn more about how AI is reshaping the landscape of education Disaster Response: AI technologies are being used in disaster response projects to aid in emergency management and rescue operations. It has brought about significant advancements, improving efficiency, convenience, and personalization in various domains.
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AI Quantum Computing at the Forefront of IMB and Moderna’s Team-Up
ODSC - Open Data Science
MAY 4, 2023
The use of AI to help accelerate drug discovery in itself isn’t new. Earlier this month, MIT researchers announced DiffDock , a new generative AI model that also hopes to aid in future drug discovery. Though with IBM’s quantum computing systems , Moderna has the chance to make significant strides in drug development.
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Google is ready to burn $5M to learn how to use quantum computing
Dataconomy
MARCH 6, 2024
While there is considerable excitement about the potential of quantum computing, its specific applications in solving real-world problems are still largely unknown. It could help us discover life-saving drugs faster than ever before. Want to learn the role of generative AI in drug discovery ?
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Pain points: Seattle-area dental diagnostics company gets FDA approval for tooth-tapping tech
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Perimetrics Photo) A Seattle-area tech company has reason to smile after receiving clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its tooth-tapping device and machine learning platform that helps dental professionals detect underlying issues. Redmond, Wash.-based based Perimetrics wants to help dentists move quickly to diagnose patients.
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Two U.S. Men Charged in 2022 Hacking of DEA Portal
Hacker News
MARCH 14, 2023
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) online portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. A screenshot of alleged access to the Drug Enforcement Agency’s intelligence sharing portal, shared by “KT,” the current administrator of the doxing and harassment community Doxbin. based social media platforms.
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