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Why BAIO

AI is making biology programmable. Protein structures that took years to solve are now predicted in seconds. Cells can be simulated computationally. Drugs are being designed by algorithms, and some are already in clinical trials. Science and laboratory work is being automated.

It's happening now. And the pace is accelerating.

BAIO is a twice-weekly briefing that keeps you up to date on all of this. Every Wednesday and Sunday, you get the research, deals, and tools that actually matter. What happened. Why it matters. In five minutes time.

Who's behind BAIO?

I'm Peter Ottsjö, a journalist based in Sweden. For the past ten years I've been covering tech at Ny Teknik, where I still report on AI, biotech, and exponential technologies.

I also run LEVITY, a newsletter and podcast about longevity science. BAIO is its sibling - same editorial values, different format. LEVITY goes deep with essays and long-form analysis. BAIO is briefings: short, curated, twice a week. Where LEVITY asks can we end aging?, BAIO asks what happens when AI meets biology.

I'm a Fellow of the Longevity Biotech Fellowship and author of Evigt Ung, a Swedish book on the science of aging and the quest for longer life.

Want to get in touch? Send an email to peter[at]baio.technology. You can also find my personal webpage here.

How BAIO is made

I use AI extensively to produce BAIO. ChatGPT (and other models) helps me research stories, work through scientific papers, compare sources, check claims and draft text. I also use Claude Design to design reports and other materials.

Each issue takes me roughly six to twelve hours, depending on how many stories it contains. The writing usually involves a long back-and-forth: questioning explanations, checking what the evidence supports, changing the angle, rewriting and cutting.

No AI-generated draft has ever gone straight into BAIO, and it’s extremely rare for the work to amount to just a few minor edits. Sometimes we spend an unreasonable amount of time on one sentence.

I choose the stories, conduct interviews, develop the arguments and decide what gets published. AI contributes substantially to the process. The editorial judgment and responsibility are mine.

You shouldn’t need to be a specialist to follow BAIO. I want it to be useful, sharp and entertaining, with clear explanations and a distinct voice. Getting that combination right still takes a lot of hands-on work and judgment that’s not possible to automate (at least not yet). I hope you can spot me between the lines.