AI just created a virus that kills bacteria—should we be scared?

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.
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AI can now design functional viruses – not the computer kind, either

Inject this synthetic phage into E. coli and it kills better than the real thing A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that ...

Notepad gets free AI features on Copilot+ PCs with Windows 11

Microsoft is adding free AI-powered text writing capabilities to Notepad for customers with Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11.
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Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health

Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can't copy themselves without help from other viruses - now it seems ...
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Scientists Printed Viruses Designed by AI and They’re Successfully Reproducing

The viruses had their DNA written by an AI model and are already wreaking havoc on bacteria in the real world.

From lab to life: 16 AI-created viruses successfully kill E. coli in lab, marks new biotech frontier

This research underscores how biology and computation are merging. Generative AI — already used to design proteins and ...