MIT FINGERS-7B: First Multi-Omics AI Model for Alzheimer’s Prevention

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MIT released FINGERS-7B, a 7-billion-parameter multi-omics foundation model trained on data from 30,000 individuals to predict Alzheimer's risk years in advance. The model is accessible via the AD Workbench and is accompanied by a research paper on OpenReview.

MIT just dropped FINGERS-7B. This is their first big multi-omic foundation AI model for Alzheimer’s prevention. Trained on 8 trillion tokens from 30k people across genetics, biomarkers, lifestyle. The model claims it can flag risk years earlier. Model’s out but you need to go through their AD Workbench to actually run it. Research paper: [https://openreview.net/forum?id=fVqvRQ6XRV](https://openreview.net/forum?id=fVqvRQ6XRV) Announcement: [https://picower.mit.edu/news/mit-based-team-releases-first-ai-foundation-model-alzheimers-prevention](https://picower.mit.edu/news/mit-based-team-releases-first-ai-foundation-model-alzheimers-prevention)
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