{"id":163566,"date":"2023-05-09T00:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T05:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/ai-runs-10000-experiments-a-day-on-bacteria-to-speed-up-discoveries"},"modified":"2023-05-09T00:23:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T05:23:02","slug":"ai-runs-10000-experiments-a-day-on-bacteria-to-speed-up-discoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/ai-runs-10000-experiments-a-day-on-bacteria-to-speed-up-discoveries","title":{"rendered":"AI runs 10,000 experiments a day on bacteria to speed up discoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ai-runs-10000-experiments-a-day-on-bacteria-to-speed-up-discoveries.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientific work often involves sifting through enormous amounts of data, a task that\u2019s overwhelmingly mundane for humans but a piece of cake for artificial intelligence. A new platform dubbed BacterAI can conduct as many as 10,000 experiments per day to teach itself \u2013 and us \u2013 more about bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>The human body is home to <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/gut-bacteria-microbiome-revolutions-round-up\/55786\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">trillions of microbes<\/a>, covering almost every surface inside and out. Many of them are vital to specific bodily functions, while many others make you sick. Research continues to uncover how inextricably linked our <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/largest-microbiome-gut-bacteria-study\/54632\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">overall health<\/a> is to our microbiomes, but managing and exploring the data involved remains a daunting task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know almost nothing about most of the bacteria that influence our health,\u201d said Paul Jensen, corresponding author of the new study. \u201cUnderstanding how bacteria grow is the first step toward reengineering our microbiome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific work often involves sifting through enormous amounts of data, a task that\u2019s overwhelmingly mundane for humans but a piece of cake for artificial intelligence. A new platform dubbed BacterAI can conduct as many as 10,000 experiments per day to teach itself \u2013 and us \u2013 more about bacteria. The human body is home to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}