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Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startup

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Remember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog? Well, surprise: He’s launched a startup.

That entrepreneur is Paul Conyngham, who says he is launching Gamgee to offer “personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs.” But his ambitions go well beyond dogs – and pets – with Gamgee’s website promising the company will harness AI and genetics to develop personalized treatments for a range of diseases and species, including humans.

At the center of Gamgee’s origin story is Rosie, Conyngham’s Staffordshire bull terrier-Shar Pei mix, who …

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