$40,000 worth of GPUs
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐: the largest African language model ever trained from scratch, at 1.5 billion parameters. Not a fine tune, this was trained from the ground up for Africa. ๐
Trained on 12 African languages, it beats models from Google, Meta, Alibaba and HuggingFace on African language modelling and translation while being up to 8x smaller.
๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ doesn't belong to us. The weights are open and free to use commercially, so researchers can build on a base that doesn't treat African languages as an afterthought.
Weights in the comments.
Thanks to @UNDP, @AIHub4SD and CINECA for the GPUs and the support. None of this happens without them.
AI biology needs more than bigger models.
It needs more people who can understand, rebuild, and push those models forward.
OpenAI engineer Chris Hayduk just launched BioTorch โ a hands-on learning platform designed to help researchers enter biological AI.
116 PyTorch exercises.
17 model guides.
From core tensor operations to ideas behind AlphaFold2, ESM2, and RFdiffusion.
The goal: turn influential bio AI papers from something you read into something you can build on.
A missing layer of AI biology infrastructure is starting to emerge.
Free during beta.
๐ https://t.co/TtwqOrBifG
Learning resources play a key role in shaping where talent goes. Today Iโm launching my side project, BioTorch, in public beta to give researchers a clearer path into biological AI.
LLMs have a wealth of great tutorials, courses, and minimal implementations from great teachers. They make the path from curiosity to contribution easy to see and offer researchers from fields like math or physics a legible roadmap to transition into AI research.
In bio AI, that path is much harder to piece together. That friction can mean fewer researchers entering the field, fewer startups getting built, and less investment allocated to promising ideas. This ultimately leads to fewer life-saving cures being discovered than would otherwise be possible.
BioTorch is my attempt to help change that.
It starts with 116 PyTorch exercises and 17 model guides. You implement the building blocks, test your code, and see how the pieces fit into seminal models like AlphaFold2, ESM2, and RFdiffusion.
The goal is to make influential papers in bio AI something you can understand and build on, bringing researchers up to the frontier as rapidly as possible.
I want more people working on biologyโs hardest problems. My mission is to help researchers find their way into the field, and BioTorch is the result of that ambition.
BioTorch is completely free while in beta.
Try your first problem now!
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REFUSE TO MAKE A BAD CONFESSION!
You live what you confess. Your life will always move in the direction of your words.
If you speak sickness, you may find yourself trapped in sickness. If you speak poverty, you may find yourself bound by poverty.
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TIME TO SURMOUNT YOUR CHALLENGES!
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Although these troubles sometimes test our faith, we know there is a name that can help us surmount all issues: JESUS CHRIST.
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Indeed, efficacious prayer in the mighty name of Jesus Christ does wonders!
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GOD REWARDS THE OBEDIENT!
Everyone wants Godโs reward but not everyone is willing to obey Godโs instruction.
The Holy Spirit is not looking for the most talented, the wealthiest, the smartest or the most educated. He is looking for hearts that are willing to obey.
When you open your Bible, lay aside your opinions, pride and human reasoning. Let Godโs Word lead you.
Sometimes the greatest act of faith is not understanding everything - itโs simply saying, โYes, Lord.โ
Trust and obey - for there is no other way!
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RELEASE FORGIVENESS, PRESERVE YOUR HEART!
Have you been bearing a grudgeโa long-term grudge or a recent one?
Listen: It doesnโt matter how old or new the grudge may beโGod says you are not permitted to bear a grudge against your fellow man.
Itโs time to embrace forgiveness and move on in the love of God.
Stop harming your heart with the pain of unforgiveness!
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