AI Designs Working Viruses Infecting Bacteria

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Stanford and Arc Institute researchers used the Evo AI model to design 16 working viruses that infect bacteria, a biotech milestone that also highlights gaps in safeguards for #Artificial Intelligence-designed viruses. 🦠😱 #Biohackers Connect #Biohacking Technology Forum https://www.nytimes.com/2..
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.

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