{"id":6441,"date":"2023-09-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=6441"},"modified":"2023-09-01T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:00:00","slug":"generative-ai-protein-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/in\/news\/stories\/generative-ai-protein-research\/","title":{"rendered":"How Salesforce Research Uses Generative AI as a Force for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editor’s Note: This story was updated in September 2023 to keep it fresh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quick Take: <\/em><\/strong>GenerativeAI has most recently captured the public\u2019s attention for its applications in the workplace. Salesforce\u2019s AI Research team, however, is also exploring how it can be applied to solve problems in other fields \u2014 and in society. This story details how Salesforce partnered with an academic institution and a biomedical company to apply an AI language model to protein design with fascinating results.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAI \u2013 especially generative AI<\/a> \u2013 is having such a moment right now,\u201d Salesforce Director of AI Research<\/a> Nikhil Naik recently said during a Blazing Trails<\/em><\/a> podcast interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cmoment\u201d is thanks to headline-making products like ChatGPT, which have generated thousands of headlines \u2014 along with questions and ethical concerns<\/a> \u2014 over the past few months. And while using this type of technology to write articles, essays, and not-so-great songs<\/a> is all the rage right now, the work that Naik and others have been doing for the past five years within Salesforce\u2019s AI Research program has some bigger applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, they\u2019ve been able to train generative AI on conversational language which is then turned into development code through a large-scale language model called CodeGen<\/a>. It\u2019s an exciting application of technology for the workplace, but its impact can go even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part of our goal with AI research is to apply Salesforce AI to problems that can have a  broader impact on society.<\/p>\nNikhil Naik, Director of AI Research, Salesforce<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Through their AI for Society initiative, the team is also applying AI research to some of society\u2019s biggest challenges. So far, Salesforce Research work has ranged from implementing AI for more equitable and balanced economic policies<\/a>, to using computer vision AI for tracking great white sharks<\/a>, all the way to determining optimal treatment paths for breast cancer patients<\/a> via artificial intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n