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AWS democratizes access to the largest genomic sequences repository — NIH’s Sequence Read Archive

NOBODY TALKING: Everyone focuses on ChatGPT APIs. Nobody talks about AWS unlocking the world's largest genomic database for AI training.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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This opens massive biotech AI opportunities by making petabytes of genetic data easily accessible to startups and researchers who couldn't afford complex data transfers before.

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4 to know

  1. Largest genomic sequencing repository in the Americas

  2. NIH's Sequence Read Archive now on AWS

  3. Available through Open Data Sponsorship Program

  4. First time natively accessible on cloud

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Publisher excerpt: For the first time, the largest genomic sequencing repository in the Americas will be natively accessible on AWS through the Open Data Sponsorship Program.
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