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Mark Zuckerberg’s Biohub gets millions from Google, US govt to build virtual cells

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's nonprofit Biohub has secured fresh funding from Google DeepMind, Meta, Isomorphic Labs and the US government to build a "virtual cell", an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to disease and treatment. Total investment in the Virtual Biology Initiative now stands at $1.8 billion. Biohub expects its first open dataset in about a year, with accurate…

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Biohub gets millions from Google, US govt to build virtual cells

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A theoretical computer scientist, citing sources, says AI labs have quietly started probing whether their models can break important cryptographic protocols (Scott Aaronson/Shtetl-Optimized)

friend-of-the-blog Omer Reingold (shared with permission) — Last night my 9-year-old son was taunting my wife …

  • AI labs probing cryptographic protocols, as per Scott Aaronson
  • 372 groundbreaking results from OpenAI, including UGC proof
  • Complexity of understanding AI-generated proofs in mathematical community

·scottaaronson.blog

Best AI Image Generators in 2026: 12 Tools, Real Prices, and the Cost of One Image

Most "best AI image generator" lists compare monthly subscriptions. Almost none tell you what a single finished image costs, because subscriptions are not priced per image — they are priced per…

  • Recraft V4.1 offers sharpest output at $0.035 per image
  • Ideogram 4.0 provides cost-effective option at $0.060 per image
  • Stability SD3.5 Flash and FLUX 3 Image are cheapest usable APIs at $0.024-$0.025

·dev.to

Migrate three OpenAI API model IDs before the April 2027 shutdown

OpenAI’s API deprecation notice gives teams using gpt-5.3-codex , gpt-5.1 , or gpt-5.4-nano until April 1, 2027, before those model IDs are removed.

  • OpenAI will retire gpt-5.3-codex, gpt-5.1, and gpt-5.4-nano IDs on April 1, 2027.
  • Replacement models are gpt-6-sol for first two, gpt-6-luna for third.
  • Migrate before deadline, replace in stages, test thoroughly.

·dev.to

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