Apple researchers develop SimpleFold, a lightweight AI for protein folding prediction<div class="feat-image">

</div><p>Google DeepMindās work with AlphaFold has been nothing short of a miracle, but it is computationally expensive. With that in mind, Apple researchers set off to develop an alternative method to use AI to predict the 3D structure of proteins, and it shows promise. Here are the details.</p>
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Apple researchers develop SimpleFold, a lightweight AI for protein folding prediction