The Dog That Hacked Cancer

Paul Conyngham’s dog Rosie was dying. Mast cell tumors covered her body — one the size of a tennis ball on her leg. Chemotherapy slowed the spread but couldn’t reverse it. Veterinarians measured her remaining time in months.

Conyngham is a Sydney tech entrepreneur. Seventeen years in machine learning but no biology training whatsoever. When conventional options ran out, he turned to unconventional tools.

He opened ChatGPT and asked how to save his dog.

The AI pointed him...