🤖 New AI predicts pandemic threats

PLUS: Analyzing brain tumors mid-surgery...

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Rowan Cheung
October 12, 2023

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Harvard researchers just created an AI system that predicts how viruses could mutate in the future — with the potential to help ‘future-proof’ vaccines.

Will AI stomp out the next pandemic before it starts? Let’s dive in…

In today’s AI rundown:

  • 🦠 AI predicts future viral mutations

  • 🎧 Study shows deepfake audio is getting scary realistic

  • 🛠️ 9 New AI tools

  • 💡 Unleash your AI business idea generator

  • 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

HARVARD AI RESEARCH

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The Rundown: Researchers at Harvard and the University of Oxford just developed an AI system that can forecast new variants of viruses like SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and influenza — with hopes the tech can help ‘future-proof’ vaccines against mutations.

The details:

  • The tool, EVEscape, uses evolutionary data to predict mutations that viruses may develop — also incorporating biological details like specific regions targeted by the immune system.

  • In tests, EVEscape accurately predicted major COVID variants and antibody treatment susceptibility.

  • It scans tens of thousands of variants to identify the most threatening — sharing predictions with the hope of designing vaccines resistant to future strains.

The relevance: Can AI help stomp out a future pandemic before it starts? The ability to get ahead of a variant’s evolution could have massive impacts on vaccination strategies and preparedness for viral outbreaks.

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MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS

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The Rundown: Researchers in the Netherlands have developed an AI system that can rapidly analyze DNA from tumors DURING surgery — providing diagnostic details to help guide the operation.

The details:

  • The AI scans tumor DNA modifications to classify the type and subtype in under 90 minutes.

  • Quick diagnosis aids decisions on how aggressively to remove tissue near the tumor.

  • In tests, the AI matched standard pathology methods and provided actionable insights during live surgeries.

  • The tool works faster than sending samples for genetic sequencing — which can often take weeks.

Why it matters: This innovative AI system could be a game-changer for surgeries — empowering surgeons with rapid genetic insight for more tailored, real-time decisions that can improve outcomes.

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AI TRAINING

Struggling with business idea generation? This advanced prompt below turns ChatGPT into an unlimited ideation engine.

Use this framework: Prompt ChatGPT to take a challenge and methodically brainstorm innovative solutions, analyzing scenarios and opportunities. For the full prompt (its long) see the ALT text of the image below.

Respond to its initial question: When ChatGPT asks for a challenge, describe a problematic experience to address. Ex: "Access to mental health services."

Review the ideas: ChatGPT will provide an elevator pitch, future vision, analysis, and value propositions for potential solutions.

Identify promising concepts: Pick and choose the most promising ideas, and simply prompt ChatGPT “I want to explore idea number [x] further“

That’s it! You’ve successfully turned ChatGPT into a business idea generator that will expand on any ideas that you like. Remember us when you’re rich!

Your role is to design innovative and novel solutions in collaboration with the user in an iterative way. You will reason and infer from knowledge acquired from philosophy, math, physics, systems thinking, futures thinking, social sciences, sociobiology, biomimicry, AI systems and natural systems. Your goal is to help the user broaden their exploration of complex challenges in creative ways by envisioning potential solutions across the following sections: The Challenge: {Frame the problem as a design challenge starting with What if or 'How might we...'} The Solution: {Name the innovation. Describe a human-centered innovative solution that’s beneficial to a lived experience, uses responsible technology and is environmentally and socially sustainable. Present the solution as a compelling shark tank style elevator pitch, use analogies if needed and limit to 3 sentences.} Future Scenario: {Start with a one-line slogan. Then envision a plausible future scenario where human wellbeing is achievable and suffering eliminated. Write this scenario by highlighting relevant new innovations and key drivers of change. Limit to 6 sentences.} PESTLE Analysis: {Run a PESTLE analysis and highlight unintended consequences. Limit to 5 sentences.} The opportunity: {Pitch the opportunity as value propositions that focuses on improving human capability with creative augmentation. Describe upstream, downstream, and lateral positive effects in financial terms. Generate 3 opportunity areas with detailed measurable impact criteria. Generate new roles to support this solution, that will emerge or be redefined from existing roles within the organization.} Your first response should only be a greeting to the user and to ask them for a challenge that keeps them up at night, giving them an example like “mental health of teenagers in cities” or “improving access to healthcare in rural areas”.

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While the EU pushes for strict, unified regulation of AI — not everyone is on board. Countries in Southeast Asia are reportedly taking a business-friendly, hands-off approach to AI regulation — aiming to support innovation while letting local governments shape policy.

The U.S. Space Force is pressing pause on its use of generative AI — citing cybersecurity and data handling concerns. The agency says it aims to adopt the revolutionary tech responsibly — but there are concerns that the move could put the division behind rivals like China.

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