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2024 Look Back - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

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This is a philanthropic year-in-review from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, tangentially relevant to AI safety through CZI's funding of AI-for-science tools; not a primary AI safety resource.

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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's annual retrospective highlights its philanthropic and scientific investments in 2024, covering areas such as biomedical research, education, and AI-driven tools for science. It showcases how CZI leverages technology including AI to accelerate human health and learning outcomes.

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  • CZI reflects on 2024 progress across its core focus areas: science, education, and community justice initiatives.
  • AI and machine learning tools featured prominently in CZI-funded biomedical and scientific research efforts.
  • CZI highlights collaborative partnerships with researchers and institutions to advance open science and data sharing.
  • The review underscores CZI's philanthropic model of combining technology investment with long-term societal impact goals.

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Dec 12, 2024 ·
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# 2024 in Review: How AI Shaped a Year of Impact at CZI

Explore how advances in AI are transforming biomedical research and enhancing education tools alongside our efforts to support communities and drive progress across our work.

Tags: [Community](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/category/czi-community/#posts), [Education](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/category/education/#posts), [Science](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/category/science/#posts), [Technology](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/category/technology/#posts)

![A collage of moments featuring circular cutouts of Sandra Liu Huang in a classroom, researchers in a lab, a close-up of a gloved hand holding a tiny device, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg clapping on stage, and Patricia Brennan and Theofanis Karaletsos in a keynote, all set against a vibrant red background with colorful abstract designs.](https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/24_1209-CZI-EOY-Moments-Hero.jpg)

Advances in AI shaped a year of impact at CZI — driving efforts to build AI-powered virtual cell models and enabling tools to help educators unlock student potential.

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Join us as we look back on 2024. We’re excited by the advancements we’ve made in uniting AI and biomedical research to build towards AI-powered virtual cell models, our work in education to help educators bring learning science to life in classrooms, the impact of our scientific institutes, and the collaborations that shape our work — all driven by a shared commitment to building a better future for everyone.

## Leveraging AI To Accelerate Our Work

As advances in AI continue to revolutionize scientific discovery, CZI’s work over the years has positioned us to integrate it as a core part of our efforts, driving progress toward our goal of harnessing technology to unlock the mysteries of the cell.

There are a lot of unknowns about the smallest unit of life — the cell — which is why scientists have limited understanding of how cells, tissues and organs become diseased and what it takes for them to be healthy. AI offers unprecedented opportunities to change that.

To support the scientists on the frontlines of this research, CZI built one of the world’s largest computing 

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