AI used to create never-before-seen synthetic viruses that can multiply faster than natural ones

Urgent biosafety concerns raised over future of technology

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

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design complete, functioning viruses with genomes never seen before in nature — a breakthrough that could open new avenues for fighting drug-resistant bacterial infections. A Stanford University-led research team used generative AI models trained on millions of genom

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

The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.

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

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.

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.

Scientists hope work could lead to new treatments for infections resistant to antibiotics

Genomic language model has huge potential to redesign organisms such as bacteria

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