AI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create it

The OpenAI Foundation is funding a new initiative called Public Data for Health to address a major bottleneck in AI development: the lack of high-quality biological and medical data needed to train AI models. The foundation announced $40 million for cancer vaccine data collection and $500,000 to create a 'biotech archive' of regulatory documents and safety data from failed biotech companies, which supporters say could help AI systems make breakthroughs in drug development and disease prevention.