> Beyond the DNA we have the symptoms and lab work and I can usually narrow it down to a handful of guesses, but it sure would be nice to use this to help rank where to invest efforts.
This is exactly what the various DeepMind products have been for, and this simply aggregates them. Why are you unable to use this for candidate discovery when that's exactly what it's for? Is this because you do gene discovery in a commercial setting?
Because the agreement explicitly lists out what it can't be used for and this is included in that list.
What does the agreement say? Again, this is exactly what these products are designed for and what they’re used to do in publications
https://deepmind.google.com/science/alphagenome/terms
The set of who can actually use this is pretty much null as it is. You cannot use it in a publication, nor for any clinical purposes.
> The set of who can actually use this is pretty much null as it is. You cannot use it in a publication [...]
"You can *publish*, share and adapt output in accordance with the Terms, including the requirement to provide clear notice that (with the exception of the AVI Score) use is subject to AlphaGenome Output Terms of Use and of any modifications you make."
> , nor for any clinical purposes.
Of course they'll write this, there's no scoring tool that would advertise clinical utility unless they're charging you money
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Your concern about publication is incorrect; they simply want you to cite them appropriately if you are indeed a researcher: https://deepmind.google.com/science/alphagenome/output-terms