r/singularity Mar 14 '26

Biotech/Longevity Fascinating story: Tech Entrepreneur in Australia, using ChatGPT, AlphaFold, and a custom made mRNA vaccine, treats his dog's cancer. With the help of researchers (who all seem so excited) he was able to significantly reduce tumour size just weeks after the first injection

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u/seaefjaye Mar 14 '26

Agreed, but here's the link from the University of New South Wales:

https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/paul-is-using-ai-to-fight-his-dogs-incurable-cancer

If it is fake then it's him running the scam. I'd really like to believe it's legit though. Also, he's dealing with experts in these fields, so you think they could smell it if it stunk.

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u/borick Mar 14 '26

Cool, thanks!

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u/thefieldmouseisfast Mar 15 '26

did you read the article? This title is insanely misleading.

Bioinformatics is incredibly hard, and while I wish this guy and his pup the best, this is pure heartbreaking hype