25TB of personal health data
The GitLab founder generated 25 terabytes of his own health data to analyse his genome and design an mRNA vaccine cure for his bone cancer.
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AI Cures Cancer, OpenAI Kills Sora & Anthropic's Secret Model Leaked | God Mode Pod Ep. 6
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