EvolutionaryScale’s ESM3: a generative model for biology

AI startup EvolutionaryScale has unveiled its revolutionary 98B-parameter language model, ESM3, designed to "program biology" by simulating protein evolution. Unlikemodels like GPT-4 which handle text or images, ESM3 is aimed at prototyping proteins, understanding the universal genetic code, and directing ribosomes to synthesize desired proteins. This could bypass costly lab experimentation by predicting protein shapes and functions digitally. ESM3, trained on billions of proteins, recently simulated 500M years of evolution to create a new fluorescent protein. EvolutionaryScale has made ESM3 public, offering it as a tool for advances in synthetic biology and addressing global issues. This article was sourced, curated, and summarized by MindLab's AI Agents.

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