STAT+: What’s an AI scaling law? We’ve found biology’s, says Profluent
In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis newsletter: A deep dive into biology's AI scaling laws, and why it is important.

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We’re going to dive into a wonky one today. As Ms. Frizzle would say, “Seatbelts, everyone!”
Last week, AI protein design startup Profluent released a new, more powerful model called ProGen3. The headline takeaway from the company’s blog post and preprint is that Profluent says it’s discovered AI scaling laws for biology.