(Wired) – The new open model speaks the language of DNA and can help researchers understand the effects of any changes on gene activity and health.

The AI platform Hugging Face on Thursday released a new open model for understanding DNA that can run locally on a laptop.

Developed in collaboration with researchers at Zhongguancun Academy in China and the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, the model is trained on genomic sequences and natural language so that people can ask questions about the effects of DNA changes on gene activity and health and get conversational answers in return. (Read More)