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The complex and often restrictive environment of patents surrounding technologies like CRISPR, which can hinder research and development. Open-sourcing offers an alternative.

AI models that are freely available, which are viewed as the crucial backstop against monopoly control and censorship.

A type of AI model, analogous to an LLM, trained on genomic data to understand protein structures and predict new, functional proteins like OpenCrisper-1.

The specific AI-generated gene-editing protein developed by profluent bio, which has been made publicly available under an open-source license.

A technology that allows for precise changes to an organism's DNA. Friedberg's new company uses this technology, specifically multiplex editing, to fundamentally change plant biology and dramatically increase crop yield.

A Berkeley-based startup that developed an open-source AI gene editor named OpenCrisper-1 using a protein language model.

A movement that Sandberg, a prominent feminist, feels has failed to adequately condemn the sexual violence by Hamas, due to political pressures and polarization.

The United Nations, which recently formed a commission regarding global AI deployment and standards.

A fringe website mentioned as an example of media that promotes an alternative view, suggesting the reports of sexual violence were concocted.

A discussion point regarding the youth's reaction to the Israel-Gaza conflict, the rise of anti-Semitism, and the failure of university administrations to protect students.

The act of denying that the sexual violence on October 7th occurred, which Sandberg identifies as a major problem driven by political polarization and anti-Semitism.

A central theme of the discussion, focusing on the systematic use of rape and sexual brutality by Hamas and the global response to it.