DeepMind Launches AI Model for Identifying Genetic Diseases

These days, it can seem as though AI and deep learning exist solely for the advancement of chatbots, but the techniques represent some of the most versatile problem-solving methods ever created. That being the case, it's always nice to see a major tech brand use AI to help people beyond assisting with homework.

On Wednesday, Google's DeepMind AI research lab announced AlphaGenome, an AI model designed to identify disease markers in large volumes of genetic data. It's badly needed in a field that has produced far more data than it can understand.

DNA sequencing technology has advanced at an incredible rate over the past few decades, churning through the A's, C's, T's, and G's of the human genome. Now, it's all about the meta-genome, incorporating the full genetic sequences of thousands of individuals.

The problem is that simply having a .txt ...