Zuckerberg's Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Building Massive AI Computing Cluster to Advance Biomedical Research

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative plans to build a large AI computing cluster with over 1,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs for biomedical research.
The cluster aims to help researchers train large language models to understand cellular processes and disease.
Supply of H100 GPUs is currently constrained, but the cluster is expected to launch in 2024.
Zuckerberg believes AI models can help predict how cells respond in health and disease.
The cluster will be used to analyze complex datasets and simulate cellular function to aid drug discovery.

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