“It has become essential”: artificial intelligence is revolutionizing drug research

2024-01-26 23:11:31

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Popularized at the end of 2022 by ChatGPT, generative AI finds another outlet than prose writing or image design. Its powerful algorithms would be able to find the magic chemical formula that cures. “It became an essential method when no one in the pharmaceutical industry thought that generative artificial intelligence could help solve complex cases when the first scientific articles came out in 2019,” rewinds Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO of Insilico Medicine, a start-up developing a treatment for pulmonary fibrosis.