Our October issue is now live!
https://www.cell.com/patterns/issue?pii=S2666-3899(24)X0002-1
Featured on the cover this month is a paper presenting LigUnity, a foundation model for predicting small molecule binding affinity for drug discovery and optimization applications
https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(25)00219-3
Register now for our seminar this Wednesday on federated learning in digital healthcare presented by
Guang Yang, Brandon Edwards, Sarthak Pati, Xiaoxiao Li
đź“… Wednesday 6th Nov 2024
⏰ 15.30 PM (London)
https://cassyni.com/events/8F2FuXndxa8YzF7Kcrjp8D
In an era where data privacy and accessibility are paramount, federated learning emerges as a transformative paradigm, enabling collabora...
Our September issue is now live with a fabulous cover image by artist and biologist Mol Mir (https://molmir.com/)
https://www.cell.com/patterns/issue?pii=S2666-3899(23)X0010-5
Check out their related Creations paper https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00182-X
Trying to up your #machinelearning learning game? Check out these three Patterns papers:
Avoid common pitfalls https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00188-0
Examine your underlying values, assumptions and biases
https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00160-0
Test your model design for leakage
https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(23)00159-9
The reporting in MIT Tech Review is such a mixed bag. Some good critical work, some "look shiny!" tech reporting that at best quotes a few "skeptics" towards the bottom before returning to boosterism. This one is an example of that:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/01/1095551/end-of-life-decisions-ai-help/
This is the same horrific idea that I wrote about in my MAIHT3k newsletter post on Monday, but @techreview goes for the "ooh shiny!" angle instead:
https://buttondown.email/maiht3k/archive/medical-science-shouldnt-platform-automating-end/
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Big model release today: Meta AI's Llama 3.1 series, including Llama 3.1 405B which appears to be the first openly licensed model that genuinely competes with current top proprietary models GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet
My notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/23/introducing-llama-31/
In the @patterns July issue we launched a new special collection on Federated Learning in Healthcare. If you are interested in secure, privacy-protected techniques for using #AI and #machinelearning in healthcare do check it out!
July issue: https://www.cell.com/patterns/issue?pii=S2666-3899(23)X0008-7
Special collection: https://www.cell.com/patterns/collections/federated-learning-digital-healthcare
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