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Patrick Hsu
04/15/25
@ Sequoia Capital
EVO2 is a revolutionary biological foundation model that interprets and generates genomic sequences, identifying patterns in genetic code and predicting the effects of mutations that can impact health.
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Arc Institute's Patrick Hsu on Building an App Store for Biology with AI
@ Sequoia Capital
04/15/25
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Patrick Hsu
04/15/25
@ Sequoia Capital
Our model, EVO, is designed to predict the next base in a DNA sequence, which can determine health outcomes, such as the presence of sickle cell anemia mutations.
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Demis Hassabis
05/24/25
@ Hard Fork
Alpha Evolve utilizes our latest Gemini models to generate hypotheses about programs and mathematical functions, which then undergo an evolutionary programming process to identify the most promising ideas.
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Patrick Hsu
04/15/25
@ Sequoia Capital
We are training models inspired by evolutionary forces to connect biological sequences directly to their functions, leveraging the effects of natural selection through DNA mutations.
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Patrick Hsu
04/15/25
@ Sequoia Capital
The model can interpret genetic mutations and provide insights into their functional consequences, which is state-of-the-art in computational biology.
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Demis Hassabis
05/26/25
@ Hard Fork
Alpha Evolve is an autonomous AI research organization where one AI generates hypotheses and another critiques them, aiming to improve over time.
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Demis Hassabis
05/24/25
@ Hard Fork
Evolutionary programming allows systems to explore new possibilities by mutating existing programs and comparing them against desired outcomes, effectively creating an autonomous AI research organization.
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Demis Hassabis
05/24/25
@ Hard Fork
Alpha Evolve is designed to improve itself over time, suggesting enhancements to existing problems, marking the beginning of an automated process in AI research.
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Patrick Hsu
04/15/25
@ Sequoia Capital
The model learns from vast datasets of genomic sequences, allowing it to identify biologically meaningful patterns that can lead to new insights in biology.
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Demis Hassabis
05/26/25
@ Hard Fork
We're excited about Alpha Evolve because it represents the beginning of an automated process in AI research, although it's still relatively narrow in application. We can now generate novel ideas that advance the state-of-the-art in AI, going beyond just analyzing existing data.