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Classifying CRISPR-Cas9 Off-Target Cleavage Sites from GUIDE-seq Data: A Class-Imbalanced Machine Learning Benchmark

Off-target cleavage is a central safety concern for CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, particularly in therapeutic applications where unintended double-strand breaks carry clinical risk. We benchmarked five machine learning classifiers: logistic regression on mismatch-count summary features, a random forest and a gradient boosting model on one-hot-encoded sgRNA/candidate-site sequence pairs, a…

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Superpowers for Coding Agents: Turn Vague Requests Into Tested Changes

The fastest way for an AI coding agent to create expensive work is to start coding too soon. A request arrives, the agent infers the missing requirements, selects an architecture, edits several files…

  • Superpowers methodology introduces gates to prevent costly coding mistakes.
  • Agent recognizes need to create something, then understands user intent.
  • Testing and subagent-driven development ensure final product aligns with user intent.

Bette Midler Flames Chart-Topping AI Song as ‘Cultural Genocide’

The legendary entertainer is airing her grievances over AI-generated artist IngaRose's viral hit "Celebrate Me" The post Bette Midler Flames Chart-Topping AI Song as ‘Cultural Genocide’ appeared first…

  • Bette Midler calls AI-generated song 'cultural genocide'
  • Singer criticizes lack of compensation for artists
  • Tyrese Gibson defends AI, Midler's stance resonates with others

Lets talk about llms

Differently. (ChatGPT and LLMs—a friendly reminder) (Assume everything is possible—another friendly reminder.) LLMs are great. LLMs are easy and efficient. Yeah? But for how long?

  • LLMs generate human-like text efficiently but pose risks.
  • Scraped content could harm individuals or properties.
  • Over-reliance on LLMs may lead to misinformation.

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