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Global funders commit $1.8 billion to AI-ready biological data

Original: AI-ready biological data: $1.8B global commitment

A $1.8 billion global commitment has been announced to make biological data AI-ready, tied to the expansion of the Virtual Biology Initiative through CZ Biohub. The funding aims to organise and standardise biological datasets so machine-learning models can be trained on them, a step widely seen as necessary for accelerating drug discovery and basic research.

Why now: Large-scale funding to prepare biological datasets for AI signals a major push to apply machine learning to life sciences research.

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