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There’s a really pronounced divide between people who are on the AI side of things and people who are on the biology side of things. Even among people working in AI, the divide…

The AI side, adherents of scaling laws and the bitter lesson, believe that AI getting better means AI being more capable of novel discoveries in medicine (that go beyond discovering new drugs in well understood targets or speeding up dry lab work etc). The biology people think the idea of a bitter lesson in biology is kind of ridiculous and that regardless…

The rate at which the economics of AI molecule design are getting better is insane. Probably a cumulative 50x reduction in token use from idea to ready for synthesis & experiments…

>>QUOTE Chens (@Chensss_J) Excited to share what we’ve been building with Chaperone! In our benchmark, Chaperone reduced token usage by 86%. We also went from hypothesis to sequences ready for wet-lab testing in just two weeks—yielding a 1.32 nM cortisol binder in the first experimental round!

So bullish western monkey supply. $CRL

>>QUOTE Citrini (@citrini) The next AI bottleneck is Chinese Lab Monkey.

$AAPL - UBS WARNS OF LIMITED IPHONE SALES UPSIDE, MAINTAINS $296 APPLE TARGET

UBS reiterated its Neutral rating and $296 price target on Apple, citing concerns about weakening iPhone demand indicators. UBS Evidence Lab data across 30+ markets show iPhone Pro wait times are 4 days shorter year-over-year, while Pro Max wait times remain broadly unchanged. Weekly wait times also declined by 1 day for Pro and 5 days for Pro Max. The key…

*ROCKET LAB DELAYED THE INAUGURAL LAUNCH OF ITS NEUTRON VEHICLE TO 2027

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TRUMP SAYS ON THE LAB WORKER DEATH IN RUSSIA THAT 'WE DON'T THINK IT'S A BIOWEAPON BUT WILL FIND OUT', ADDING THAT RUSSIA SAYS IT IS UNDER CONTROL AND THAT THE U.S. EXPECTS RUSSIA…

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*TRUMP ON LAB WORKER DEATH IN RUSSIA: WE DON'T THINK IT'S BIOWEAPON BUT WILL FIND OUT

KREMLIN: MOST OF WHAT THE MEDIA ARE REPORTING ABOUT SIBERIAN PLAGUE LAB INCIDENT IS FALSE

KREMLIN SAYS RUSSIA INFORMED WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OF DEATH OF PLAGUE LABORATORY EMPLOYEE IN LINE WITH ESTABLISHED PRACTICE KREMLIN: RUSSIAN WATCHDOG BODY IS THE RIGHT SOURCE TO GIVE INFORMATION ON THIS

U.S. PRESSES RUSSIA FOR ANSWERS OVER SIBERIA LAB DEATH

The U.S. has formally pressed Russia for more information after a worker at a Siberian plague research center died from an unexplained pneumonia, according to the WSJ. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Moscow has provided “still quite limited” information, while Russia says testing found no pathogen linked to her work. The WHO currently assesses the…