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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s rBio uses virtual cells to train AI, bypassing lab work

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced Thursday the launch of rBio, the first artificial intelligence model trained to reason about cellular biology using virtual simulations rather than requiring expensive laboratory experiments — a breakthrough that could dramatically accelerate biomedical research and drug discovery. The reasoning model, detailed in a research paper published on bioRxiv…
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VB AI Impact Series: Can you really govern multi-agent AI?

In a Nutshell VentureBeat’s AI Impact Series discussed deploying multi-agent AI systems with SAP and Agilent. They focus on scaling AI agents safely, integrating AI across the organization, governance frameworks, agent integration challenges, data layers importance, orchestration layer management, and privacy and security concerns in enterprise agentic activations. Monitoring and improvement…
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Keychain raises $30M and launches AI operating system for CPG manufacturers

The next time you shop at a grocery store, you might want to thank this AI startup for keeping the shelves stocked with your favorite food products — and keeping them fresh and safe to eat. That would be Keychain an AI-powered marketplace for retailers to buy the consumer packaged goods (CPG) on their shelves started by former Angi (formerly Angie’s List) CEO and Handy co-founder and CEO Oisin…
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The looming crisis of AI speed without guardrails

OpenAI’s GPT-5 has arrived, bringing faster performance, more dependable reasoning and stronger tool use. It joins Claude Opus 4.1 and other frontier models in signaling a rapidly advancing cognitive frontier. While artificial general intelligence (AGI) remains in the future, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis has described this era as “10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and maybe 10…
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