GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 17, 2024--
Alafia Ai, Inc. (“ALAFIA”), announces the general availability of AIVAS, an all-in-one interactive high-performance personal supercomputer designed to revolutionize the development and deployment of critical artificial intelligence (AI) software applications in healthcare. AIVAS accelerates in-silico experiments and bioinformatics pipeline development by multiple orders magnitude as compared to existing systems. With AIVAS, ALAFIA aims to equip bioinformaticians and healthcare professionals with powerful tools to gain pivotal insights across various medical applications ranging from genetics research, to clinical decision support systems.
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A New Era in AI-Powered Healthcare with AIVAS Personal Supercomputers
The increasing complexity of applications in fields like digital pathology, neurology, genetics research, radiation oncology, and cardiac imaging demand robust computational power and efficiency. AIVAS addresses market demand by offering the highest compute density and energy efficiency for low-latency, mission-critical workflows and secured workloads. AIVAS enables next-generation high-throughput sequencing algorithms, computational mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics automation by providing the ability to use advance bioinformatics techniques in clinical environments. This provides a unique opportunity for more accurate insights and faster results when most critically needed. AIVAS enables real-time data visualization and processing of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for use cases ranging from cortical reconstructions to image reconstruction of positron emission tomography (PET) scans.
Meet the World’s Most Powerful All-in-One
Enthusiasm for AIVAS is uniquely pronounced in the bioinformatics software engineering community. With maximum compute, unified memory, storage, high-bandwidth network throughput, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Data Center grade AI accelerators, new use cases and applications are being created at an accelerated pace.
Key Features of AIVAS
Real-World Impact
AIVAS has been met with enthusiasm and validation from early adopters, including researchers from the Stanford Medical School Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and the Acacia Clinics.
Dr. Danielle D. DeSouza, Vice-President of Research at Acacia Clinics and Research Staff at Stanford University, Department of Neurology, shared her experience, saying, “Performing cortical reconstruction with AIVAS was significantly faster than traditional computers. We reduced individual subject reconstructions from over 24 hours to under 2 hours per subject and could parallelize to perform hundreds of subjects at a time. Clinical trial cohort pre-processing that used to take weeks to months was completed in under a week.”
Transforming Healthcare with AI
AIVAS enables surgeons and medical physicists to conduct real-time reconstructions using industry-standard DICOM images and videos, including CT and MRI scans. Leveraging the parallel processing power of both CPU and GPU with a unified memory architecture, AIVAS handles large datasets efficiently and significantly boosts medical reconstruction performance.
For more information about AIVAS or to place an order, please visit www.alafia.ai.
About Alafia Ai, Inc. (“ALAFIA”)
Alafia Ai, Inc. provides a high-performance precision medicine platform designed to accelerate scientific and medical discoveries across hospitals, cancer and imaging centers, research institutions, pharmaceutical organizations, and biotechnology companies. Rooted in the belief that personalized care is fundamental to healthcare excellence, ALAFIA’s vision is to create an intelligent and adaptable healthcare ecosystem ensuring that every patient receives the highest standard of care.
ALAFIA AIVAS Supercomputer, an all-in-one interactive high-performance personal supercomputer (HPC) designed to revolutionize the development and deployment of critical artificial intelligence (AI) software applications. Accelerates molecular dynamics simulations of classical Newtonian and quantum chemistry equations of motion for systems with hundreds to millions of particles. Using AIVAS researchers experience a 80-100X performance boost with marginal price increase. (Photo: Business Wire)
ALAFIA AIVAS all-in-one interactive high-performance personal supercomputer (HPC) designed to revolutionize the development and deployment of critical artificial intelligence (AI) software applications. Showcasing a digital pathology application in which AIVAS can perform pixel classification, and cell segmentation over 100X faster than a typical personal computer. Whole-slide scans that typically take 30mins to an hour to be processed, can be processed in AIVAS in under one minute. (Photo: Business Wire)
ALAFIA AIVAS all-in-one interactive high-performance personal supercomputer (HPC) designed to revolutionize the development and deployment of critical artificial intelligence (AI) software applications. (Photo: Business Wire)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift has officially launched her Kamala Harris era.
Shortly after the Democratic nominee and former President Donald Trump finished their first, and likely only, presidential debate Tuesday evening, Swift, who is nearing the end of her “Eras Tour,” released a lengthy Instagram post announcing her support for Harris — as well as a link to a voter registration website.
She included a photo of herself holding her cat Benjamin Button, and she signed the message “Childless Cat Lady" — a reference to 2021 comments made by JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, about how women without children don't really have a stake in the country’s future.
The endorsement isn't the first time Swift has waded into politics, but it ends months of speculation over whether she would pick a side in this year's presidential tilt. Here's what to know:
In her Instagram post, Swift said she would be voting for Harris because Harris “fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
“I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” she wrote.
Swift also said her endorsement of Harris was partially prompted by Trump’s decision to post artificial intelligence-generated pictures suggesting she had endorsed him. One showed Swift dressed as Uncle Sam, and the text said “Taylor wants YOU to VOTE for DONALD TRUMP.”
Trump’s posts “brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” Swift wrote.
In response, Trump told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday that Swift is “a very liberal person” who “seems to always endorse a Democrat and she’ll probably pay a price in the marketplace.”
Swift did not coordinate her endorsement with the Harris campaign, according to two senior campaign officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the campaign’s thinking about Swift. Her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appeared surprised by the news when presented with it during an interview with MSNBC.
However, although Harris' team says Swift's post wasn't coordinated, they were prepared for the eventuality and within minutes reposted Swift’s Instagram message across the campaign's channels and released a Swift-themed Harris-Walz friendship bracelet on its store that quickly sold out.
Swift supported Democrat Joe Biden, even posting a photo on social media of her holding “Biden 2020" cookies and saying she cheered for Harris in her debate against then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Swift also was openly critical of Trump, saying he had stoked “the fires of white supremacy and racism.”
Swift first broke her longstanding refusal to discuss politics in 2018 by throwing her support behind Tennessee's Democratic Senate candidate at the time, Phil Bredesen, who was running against Republican Marsha Blackburn.
It was her criticism of Blackburn that stood out in her endorsement, where Swift – who is registered to vote in Tennessee -- slammed the Republican’s opposition to certain LGBTQ+ rights and her vote against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013.
“In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now,” Swift wrote on Instagram at the time.
Blackburn eventually won the election in conservative Tennessee, but the endorsement nevertheless solidified Swift as an influential political force.
The 2020 Netflix documentary, “Miss Americana,” captured several dramatic turning points for Swift. But one of the most revealing involved behind-the-scenes conversations she was having with her family before speaking out against Blackburn in the 2018 Senate race.
Her father warned against it, citing a potential economic impact and security concerns. And her publicist said Trump might come after her.
“I’m saying right now that this is something I know is right,” she told her team. “I need to be on the right side of history.”
In the film, Swift said her desire to wade into politics was sparked after she successfully countersued a Denver radio DJ who she said groped her during a meet-and-greet before a concert.
“It’s not that I want to step into this,” Swift said in the film. “It’s just that I can’t not at this point. Something is different in my life, completely and unchangeably different since the sexual assault trial last year. No man in my organization or in my family will ever understand what that was like.”
Swift's endorsements don't always translate into wins. In 2018, Blackburn won by a comfortable margin. At the time, AP VoteCast found that among Tennessee voters that year, 55% of Democrats and just 19% of Republicans said they had a favorable opinion of Swift.
Notably, Swift is originally from Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground that will be critical for either presidential candidate to their chances of winning the presidency. Yet it is unclear how much sway she might hold among its voters.
While she is popular nationwide, her popularity is especially strong among Democrats. An October 2023 Fox News poll found that 55% of voters overall, including 68% of Democrats, said they had a favorable view of Swift. Republicans were divided, with 43% having a favorable opinion and 45% an unfavorable one.
Swift could make history at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, where she could become the most-awarded musician. The event is known for encouraging young people to register to vote, and should Swift attend, she could reiterate her support for Harris.
Associated Press writer Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report.
FILE - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift arrives at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour on Friday, June 21, 2024 in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of the concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour Friday, March 17, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour June 21, 2024 in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift attends an in conversation with Taylor Swift event at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
