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Palantir cofounder wants a 30,000 monkey farm in the US — because AI jacked up macaque prices by 700% in seven years

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Palantir cofounder wants a 30,000 monkey farm in the US — because AI jacked up macaque prices by 700% in seven years
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Rapid drug discovery using AI's assistance is adding pressure to an already restricted macaque supplyA US startup plans to breed 30,000 monkeys over two decadesChina's export ban cut off a major source of American research animalsArtificial intelligence is creating new demands for pharmaceutical research, increasing pressure on all kinds of resources needed to develop and test potential treatments - including animal test subjects.Macaques, commonly used in medical experiments, have become consid

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