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Vote for the speaker you want to see at TechCrunch Sessions: AIMark Zuckerberg says that Meta’s Llama models have hit 1B downloadsGoogle launches new healthcare-related features for Search, AndroidGoogle plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discoveryIntel could be in for significant changes as Lip-Bu Tan takes on CEO roleOpenAI exec leaves to found materials science startupOpenAI to start testing ChatGPT connectors for Google Drive and SlackElon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires a generative AI video startupYC-backed ReactWise is applying AI to speed up drug manufacturingPalmetto wants software developers to electrify America using its AI building modelsVote for the session you want to see at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Travis Kalanick wants to do a lot more than develop more ghost kitchensRoblox releases its open-source model that can create 3D objects using AIDiscord launches SDK to help developers enhance social experiences in their gamesNvidia GTC 2025 live updates: Blackwell 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Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery

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During a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, Google announced that it’s developing a collection of “open” AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma. The AI models, which Google said will be released through its Health AI Developer Foundations program later this month, can understand both “regular text” and the structures of different “therapeutic […]

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