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Stripe, Anthropic, OpenAI Fund Effort to Cure Common Cold

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from MIT Technology Review ·

Stripe, Anthropic, and OpenAI are backing a new initiative to prevent respiratory infections, including the common cold. The project aims to develop broad-spectrum treatments using AI-driven drug discovery. No cure currently exists for the common cold, which costs billions annually in lost productivity.

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Tech giants are betting on AI to solve a medical problem that has eluded researchers for decades, but the timeline and feasibility remain uncertain.
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