Insilico Medicine raised $110 million to advance AI-discovered drug candidates, including one for pulmonary fibrosis. Cognixion is trialing a non-invasive brain-computer interface for ALS patients, showing promising results in communication. A study from the University of Edinburgh highlights challenges for multimodal AI models in accurately reading clock-hand positions.
Key takeaways:
- Meta's open source large language model, Llama, has surpassed one billion downloads, showcasing its business applications such as personalizing recommendations for Spotify and facilitating M&A transactions.
- Google Deepmind launched two new AI models for robots, Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER, and partnered with Apptronik to implement these models in a new line of robots.
- OpenAI is beta testing a new feature for ChatGPT Team subscribers that connects the LLM to Google Drive and Slack, allowing the chatbot to answer questions informed by internal documents and discussions.
- Cognixion has developed a brain-computer interface device, Axon-R, to help ALS patients communicate, which uses generative AI models to train on patients' speech patterns, and has launched its first clinical trial with ALS patients.