[probably_wrong]

> A key challenge: very few labs have enough data.

It is also getting harder, not easier, to get.

I am working right now on a retro synthesis project. Our external data provider is raising prices while removing functionality, and no one bats an eye. At the same time our own data is considered a business secret and therefore impossible to share.

As someone who does NLP research where the code, data and papers are typically free, this drives me insane.

[cinntaile]

Are you using NLP to guide what molecules are probably worthwhile to try and synthesize?

[probably_wrong]

A bit. But my main project was to use NLP to identify failed reactions in old lab notebooks to use as negative training data.