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AI can predict human response to drug compounds

Dataconomy

A CUNY Graduate Center research team has created CODE-AE, an artificial intelligence model that may dramatically improve accuracy and reduce the time and cost of pharmaceutical development. The therapeutic effect in a disease model may not necessarily correspond to pharmaceutical efficacy and toxicity in actual patients.

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Can developer productivity be measured? Better than you think

CIO Business Intelligence

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. In 2020, McKinsey surveyed 440 large companies about their “ developer velocity” — meaning the practices that best tap the full potential of development talent. Right now, there are roughly 27 million developers on the job, 4.4 That isn’t easy.

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Biggest roadblocks that AI-powered drug development faced in 2022

Dataconomy

AI-powered drug development can shorten the time it takes to acquire and access information, cutting pharmaceutical development time in half and keeping the cost of new medications under control. This is becoming increasingly crucial as the cost of discovering and developing new drugs rises.

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Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2

GeekWire

Ford previously served as vice president and CISO at Rockwell Automation, with past experience leading security transformation initiatives and developing cybersecurity programs. The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) hired Ross Girshick , a former research scientist at Meta. Founded in 2015, Kirkland, Wash.-based

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Alphabet is launching a company that uses AI for drug discovery

The Verge

A new Alphabet company will use artificial intelligence methods for drug discovery, Google’s parent company announced Thursday. The new company, called Isomorphic Laboratories, will leverage that success to build tools that can help identify new pharmaceuticals. Photo by Micah Singleton / The Verge.

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Get the scoop on the Mars Society’s plan to establish a tech institute, maybe in Seattle

GeekWire

The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet exploration and settlement, by establishing a Mars Technology Institute to develop the tools and processes those settlers will need. A computer-generated image shows an early Mars settlement.

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Generative AI usage gains traction among enterprises: McKinsey

CIO Business Intelligence

The findings also showed that the most commonly reported uses of generative AI are in marketing, sales, product development, and service operations. Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Applications, Generative AI