"Now, the billionaire couple is shifting the bulk of their philanthropic resources to Biohub, the pair's science organization, and focusing on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. The idea is to develop virtual, AI-based cell models to understand how they work in the human body, study inflammation and use AI to "harness the immune system" for disease detection, prevention and treatment."
"Chan and Zuckerberg have pledged 99% of their lifetime wealth - from shares of Meta Platforms, where Zuckerberg is CEO - toward these efforts. Since 2016, when Biohub launched, they have donated $4 billion to basic science research, a figure that does not include operating expenses for running a large-scale computer cluster for life science research. The organization says it is now on track to double that amount over the next decade, with an operating budget of about $1 billion a year."
Chan and Zuckerberg are shifting the bulk of their philanthropy to Biohub and prioritizing AI-driven scientific discovery. The plan includes developing virtual AI-based cell models to understand cellular behavior in the human body, study inflammation and harness the immune system for disease detection, prevention and treatment. Biohub comprises institutes in Redwood City, New York, San Francisco and Chicago addressing different scientific challenges. The couple pledged 99% of their lifetime wealth, and Biohub donors have given $4 billion since 2016. The organization plans to double donations over the next decade with an operating budget of about $1 billion per year.
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