Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses

Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.

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.

By Carl Zimmer

AI creates first synthetic viruses

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

Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions Scientists have made the first viruses designed by artificial intelligence in a milestone that raises hopes for new medicines but also concerns over how to ensure the technology remains safe. The viruses are specific kinds known as bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria and are used around the world to treat patients with persistent infections. In lab tests, a cocktail of the AI-designe...

By Ian Sample Science editor

Nothing to fear: AI just created a virus that is not found in nature

The results have inspired equal parts hope and terror about the future of AI-inflected biology

By Josh Marcus

Scientists Trained An AI Model In DNA—And It Invented 16 New Viruses

Scientists are worried about how smart DNA-trained artificial intelligence models could get—and that they could become a weapon in biological warfare.

By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff

Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses