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21 JUL 2026 · Swyx

Xaira Therapeutics' X-Cell model for drug discovery relies on a large dataset, X-Atlas, which contains information-rich data on gene expression in human cells, enabling the model to predict changes to gene expression and understand the relationships between cell types and states. This approach contrasts with traditional models that rely on smaller, less informative datasets. The X-Cell model has achieved significant improvements over previous models, demonstrating the importance of data quality in AI-driven drug development. AI summary

16 JUL 2026 · Podcast · Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

This episode features Andy Beam and Rafa Gómez-Bombarelli from Lila Sciences, discussing their vision for AI science factories as the next frontier for generating internet-scale datasets. They explain how their automated labs, leveraging AI…

22 JUN 2026 · Podcast · Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

This episode features John Jumper, co-creator of AlphaFold, discussing the breakthrough in protein structure prediction that won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Jumper explains the technical innovations behind AlphaFold, its impact on bi…