"For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal to cure, prevent or manage all disease if not in their lifetime, then in their children's. But during that time, they also funded underprivileged schools, immigration reform and efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion. 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. I feel like the science work that we've done, the Biohub model in particular, has been the most impactful thing that we have done. So we want to really double down on that."
Chan and Zuckerberg are redirecting the majority of their philanthropic resources toward Biohub, their science organization, with a focus on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. The plan includes developing virtual, AI-based cell models to understand cellular behavior in the human body, studying inflammation, and using AI to harness the immune system for disease detection, prevention, and treatment. The couple has pledged 99% of their lifetime wealth from Meta shares and has donated $4 billion to basic science since 2016. Biohub operates multiple institutes and plans an operating budget near $1 billion per year.
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