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Mars Society gains foothold in AI, robotics and biotechnology to clear a path to space

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(NASA Photo / Dominic Hart) The Mars Society says it’s making progress on launching a startup incubator in the Seattle area, with artificial intelligence and biotech as its first targets. To make a profit, yes, but also to support the development of technologies needed to sustain settlements on the Red Planet.

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University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for solving protein puzzles

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Baker and his colleagues developed an early protein design tool and made the code available through a consortium called Rosetta Commons. The advent of artificial intelligence tools has accelerated the pace of protein structure prediction — with the Institute of Protein Design and DeepMind recognized as the world’s leaders.

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Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

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Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of the artificial intelligence that the company previously contributed to an industry partnership to develop a COVID-19 search engine for researchers.

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Biotech giant Moderna will open tech office in Seattle, plans to hire up to 220 workers

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The office will focus on artificial intelligence, cloud-based tools, and other technology applications. But it will also play a big role in growing the company’s capabilities in applying artificial intelligence to biomedical applications, said Miller. (Moderna Photo) Cambridge, Mass.-based The company invested $1.2

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Novo Nordisk laying off 86 workers as part of lab shutdown in Seattle

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Novo Nordisk currently operates a research and development center in Seattle for diabetes, liver disease and other therapeutic areas. The company will continue to have operations in Seattle focused on digital therapy, data science and artificial intelligence, said the spokesperson.

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Future lift: a concept co-created by Ross Dawson and AI

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“Future lift” is a concept developed by Ross Dawson that refers to the ability of a technology, business, or idea to improve the future. Some examples of things that provide future lift include: • Technologies like artificial intelligence and biotechnology that could fundamentally improve health, longevity, and human capabilities.

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‘The dark matter is just sitting there’: What’s standing in the way of AI for life sciences

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Life sciences panelists at Madrona Venture Group’s Intelligent Application Summit. From left: Cyrus Biotechnology CEO Lucas Nivon, Microsoft researcher Jonathan Carlson, Deepcell CEO Maddison Masaeli, and moderator Chris Picardo, a Madrona venture partner. GeekWire Photo / Charlotte Schubert).