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Seattle investment bank that helps buy and sell companies forms new SPAC to target ‘industry 4.0’

GeekWire

is seen as the fourth industrial revolution, using the building blocks of computing and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, Internet of Things (“IoT”), gene sequencing, energy storage, and blockchain, to transform the physical, digital and biological worlds,” the firm wrote in a SEC filing.

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

GeekWire

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).

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Microsoft gives $5M to UW Medicine to use AI to accelerate response to next pandemic

GeekWire

The funding will be used to find new ways to apply artificial intelligence to protein design. That’s one of the goals of a $5 million gift from Microsoft to the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Eric Horvitz, Microsoft chief scientific officer. Microsoft Photo).

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The emerging technology trends revolutionizing our world

Dataconomy

From the realms of artificial intelligence that have grown far beyond our wildest imaginations to the fusion of reality and the virtual, this year has already unveiled an array of emerging technologies that will redefine industries, elevate human experiences, and challenge the fabric of our existence. Are you new to AI?

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Inside the new Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, which uses DNA to ‘record biology over time’

GeekWire

Panelists at a fireside chat, from left: Allen Institute CEO Rui Costa; Jay Shendure, lead scientific director of the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology; hub co-director Marion Pepper; Amy Herr, vice president of the Biohub Network at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative head of science Stephen Quake.

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Largest COVID vaccine study identifies small risks

Dataconomy

Researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) analyzed the data to track any increases in 13 different medical conditions in the period after individuals received a COVID vaccine, reports Fox News.

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Here’s how an IT leader is accelerating healthcare innovation adoption in India

CIO Business Intelligence

Aster DM Healthcare is a healthcare conglomerate with a network of 27 hospitals spread across seven countries. This is the first such incubator, funded by the government’s Department of Biotechnology, to be set up in a medical college,” claims Rath. Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Industry, Innovation