Top Researcher: AlphaGenome Is Very Far From Solving the Gene Regulation Code
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-18
Kundaje stresses broad consensus that AlphaGenome and similar models remain very far from solving the sequence code of gene regulation. The paper is candid about limitations; DeepMind's marketing hype is less nuanced but still within bounds by industry standards.
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