AI bot creates never-before-seen viruses not found in nature – with terrifying capabilities

AN AI bot has designed over a dozen completely new viruses from scratch sparking major biosecurity concerns. Researchers at Stanford University have created 16 novel viruses entirely designed by AI - in a world-first breakthrough revealed in a study published Thursday. Trained on genetic codes from viruses, bacteria, p

A research team at Stanford created 16 organisms never before seen in nature.

US researchers say they created 16 viruses using AI, prompting hopes for medical advances and concerns about misuse.

Breakthrough prompts fears that the technology could be harnessed to create deadly bioweapons

Artificial intelligence has taken another step into synthetic biology, with researchers using a powerful AI model to design functional viruses from scratch in a breakthrough that could advance medicine while raising new biosecurity concerns. In a study published Thursday, researchers at Stanford University and Californ