Zuckerberg charity buys AI startup to battle disease

A charitable foundation backed by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife said Monday it has bought a Canadian artificial intelligence startup as part of a mission to eradicate disease. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged $3 billion over the next decade to help banish or manage all disease / MANILA BULLETIN The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire Toronto-based Meta, which uses AI to quickly read and comprehend scientific papers and then provide insights to researchers.