{"id":670921,"date":"2026-09-03T19:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/670921\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:48:15","slug":"allen-institute-uw-and-fred-hutch-launch-95m-ai-biology-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/670921\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Institute, UW and Fred Hutch launch $95M AI biology initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n AI learns nature\u2019s code: The
\n Allen Institute<\/a>
\n ,
\n University of Washington<\/a>
\n and
\n Fred Hutch<\/a>
\n Cancer Center are launching a nearly $95 million initiative<\/a> that will generate data and train AI models to design proteins and genes that don\u2019t exist in nature \u2014 sharing the results freely to help others develop new medicines and materials. The Fund for Science and Technology, created by Paul Allen’s estate, is funding the five-year open science project.\n <\/p>\n

\n UW settles free speech lawsuit: The university has agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve a years-long case<\/a> brought by computer science professor
\n
\n Stuart Reges
\n <\/a>
\n , who was disciplined after including a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus. Reges sued in 2022 and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ultimately found university officials violated his academic freedom rights by retaliating against his speech and engaging in viewpoint discrimination.\n <\/p>\n

\n A tale of two tech hubs: While a surge in AI-generated wealth is driving bidding wars and pushing San Francisco median home prices up 6%, Seattle’s housing market has slipped into a slump with prices dropping 3.6%, according to a new Redfin report<\/a>. Ongoing tech layoffs and corporate belt-tightening have dampened buyer confidence in the Seattle region, causing active listings to surge while net migration from the Bay Area falls to historic lows.\n <\/p>\n

\n The layoffs behind that slump kept coming this week: Two more employers quantified their cuts in state filings.\n <\/p>\n