Australian tech guy with zero background in biology uses ChatGPT to cure his rescue dog's terminal cancer: 'It worked!'

Finally, AI is being used for something good for a change.

AI is on everyone's minds right now. If you're not working with it directly, we can guarantee you that your boss or your boss's boss is trying to figure out ways to use AI to make their lives easier and make their company earn more money. Whether we like it or not, it's a part of all of our lives now, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

Debates on AI usually range from the potential impact of it in the future to criticisms of its current impact now. In order to power huge AI systems like ChatGPT or Google's Gemini, massive data centers are needed that require even larger amounts of water to cool them down. These huge infrastructures require hundreds of acres of land and are tearing apart rural America. But, it's cool to make a picture of yourself in the Studio Ghibli style, right?

However, we finally have some news that AI is being used for good, as so many of us hoped it would.

Paul Conyngham adopted his 8-year-old dog, Rosie, in 2019. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2024. Unable to stand the thought of losing his best friend, he worked with AI and ChatGPT to develop a cure for her cancer. He was able to sequence her tumor's DNA, then use AI to find the mutated proteins and develop a possible cure.

We're happy to report that Rosie's recovery has been a howling success! Read more about this dog dad's pawsitively incredible tenacity and love below.

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'Paul Conyngham and his dog Rosie at his home in Sydney. When Rosie became stricken with cancer, the data expert harnessed ChatGPT to find a cure.'
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'The first step was to reach out to the university to get Rosie's DNA sequenced.'
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'Mr Conyngham says Rosie's treatment has improved her quality of life'
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As someone with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology, we feel it's important to tell everyone here that this one case is not enough to cure cancer. This is what we call a “case study”, a single hypothesis tested on only one person (or doggo, in this case). This is far from being tested on other dogs, or people, but it is pawsitively encouraging!
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'Paul Conyngham's 3D modelled images of his dog Rosie's cancer'
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'Some of the code Paul Conyngham used to create the mRNA treatment'
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What this user above claims is also very important to recognize. Although he may not have had any experience in biology, he had extensive experience in working with AI. He also had the funds to get Rosie's tumor DNA sequenced, and pay for a lab to develop a prototype vaccine. We can't imagine that it was very cheap. It is 1000% amazing, but the chances of the ‘average Joe ’ doing something like this in their spare time is far less realistic.
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