AlphaFold 3 Goes Global

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 Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Scientific AI’s crown jewel just went open-source: DeepMind has released its Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold 3 for researchers across the globe.

With this powerhouse tool now accessible to new, innovative minds, could the open-source move spark the next big breakthrough in biology? Let’s dive in…

In today’s issue:

  • DeepMind Unleashes AlphaFold 3 to Researchers Worldwide

  • Qwen Launches Game-Changing Open-Source Coding AI

  • AI Can Now Detect Blood Pressure and Diabetes Through Short Videos

  • 5 new AI tools & Tools on sale

  • New AI Job Opportunities

  • Everything else you should know today

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GOOGLE DEEPMIND

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The Rundown: Google DeepMind has officially open-sourced AlphaFold 3, its groundbreaking protein prediction model, allowing academic researchers access to both the code and training weights—a first since its limited release in May.

The Details:

  • This Nobel Prize-winning technology can predict how proteins interact with DNA, RNA, and potential drug compounds.

  • Academic researchers now have full access to the model’s capabilities for non-commercial research, though commercial use is still restricted.

  • With over 200 million protein structures mapped, AlphaFold 3 is setting an unprecedented scale in structural biology.

  • Companies like Baidu and ByteDance have developed their own models based on the specifications from AlphaFold's original paper.

  • DeepMind’s spinoff, Isomorphic Labs, holds exclusive commercial rights, recently securing $3 billion in pharmaceutical partnerships.

Why It Matters: By open-sourcing AlphaFold, DeepMind is poised to accelerate breakthroughs in biology and medicine, broadening access to this powerful tool beyond well-funded institutions and pharmaceutical giants.

QWEN

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The Rundown: Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen has unveiled a new lineup of open-source AI coding models, with its flagship 32B model rivaling GPT-4 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet on key benchmarks—all while remaining fully open-source.

The Details:

  • The Qwen2.5-Coder series offers six model sizes (0.5B to 32B parameters), allowing flexibility for different tasks and computing environments.

  • The 32B model delivers state-of-the-art performance in code generation, repair, and reasoning, setting a new benchmark for open-source tools.

  • Models are compatible with popular development tools like Cursor and support over 40 programming languages.

  • Each model size is available in two types: a base version for custom fine-tuning and an instruction-tuned variant for immediate use.

Why It Matters: AI coding tools are evolving rapidly, with open-source options like Qwen now competing with industry leaders. These advanced programming models are making high-level coding accessible to more users—no programming expertise required.

AI RESEARCH

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The Rundown: Japanese researchers have created an AI system capable of detecting high blood pressure and diabetes with just a brief video of a person's face and hands, achieving accuracy on par with or even surpassing traditional devices.

The Details:

  • The AI uses high-speed video to capture subtle blood flow patterns across 30 regions on the face and palm.

  • Tests show 94% accuracy in detecting high blood pressure and 75% accuracy for diabetes, comparable to traditional methods.

  • A 30-second video reached 86% accuracy for blood pressure, while even a quick 5-second clip held 81% accuracy.

  • Researchers aim to integrate this tech into smartphones or smart mirrors for convenient home-based health monitoring.

Why It Matters: With this AI, bulky blood pressure cuffs could become a thing of the past. Accessible through an app or website, this technology could make essential health screenings easier and more widely available, empowering people to monitor their health from home.

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AI around the world

💹 Bitcoin’s Back: The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high on Monday, as expectations for a more favorable regulatory environment grew after the election.

🎸 AI Want to Hold Your Hand: A Beatles song that was partly generated by AI gets two nominations at the Grammy Awards.

🚀 Ramping Up: Elon Musk’s X is reportedly testing a free version of the Grok chatbot. xAI’s models have made a serious leap in performance this year, matching or exceeding many of the top models.

☠️ Fake Data: Generative AI tools are making it easier to fabricate academic data. Scientists warn it could threaten the scientific integrity of future research.

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