How AI-based natural language processing algorithms can be applied to biological data to create protein-language models and cut drug discovery time to months (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:
How AI-based natural language processing algorithms can be applied to biological data to create protein-language models and cut drug discovery time to months  —  Natural language processing algorithms like the ones used in Google searches and OpenAI’s ChatGPT promise to slash the time required to bring medications to market

Wall Street Journal:
A profile of OpenAI, which raised $1B from Microsoft after Sam Altman demoed an AI model to Satya Nadella in 2019, as some remain skeptical about its revenue  —  Behind ChatGPT and other AI breakthroughs was Sam Altman’s fundraising—but skeptics remain  —  ChatGPT, the artificial-intelligence …

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Google, worried about its reputation, is hesitant to release its capable bot LaMDA, but by waiting too long it may cede the market to competitors like ChatGPT  —  The tech giant believes the future of search is conversational.  How did it let OpenAI’s ChatGPT take the lead?  —  Google’s had an awkward week.

Patricia Allen / EU-Startups:
Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery by combining quantum physics algorithms and AI, has raised a €30M Series A  —  Pharmatech startup Aqemia has just raised €30 million in a new funding round.  The Parisian startup is generating a pioneering drug discovery pipeline …

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
OpenAI releases a demo of ChatGPT, a chatbot version of GPT-3 that answers follow-up questions, admits its mistakes, challenges incorrect premises, and more  —  A chatbot version of GPT-3 that admits its mistakes is more transparent than the original.  But it’s still not perfect.

James Vincent / The Verge:
Stack Overflow temporarily bans users from sharing responses generated by ChatGPT, pending a ruling in the future; most answers are wrong on closer inspection  —  Stack Overflow, the go-to question-and-answer site for coders and programmers, has temporarily banned users from sharing responses generated by AI chatbot ChatGPT.