Astra drafted five NIH grant proposals in about an hour, researcher says

A researcher asked Astra to review their published science, identify new directions and draft five NIH R01 proposals for multiyear biomedical research grants. They say it produced “entirely reasonable” proposals in about an hour, using roughly $20 in compute, and that the drafts closely resembled what they would write to seek another grant. The researcher calls the result a concrete example of AGI if that means being able to produce the work of highly trained professionals.