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Futurism reports that researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute used an AI model called Evo – trained on millions of bacteriophage genomes – to design 302 variants of the E. coli-infecting phage phiX174, chemically synthesized ("printed") them, and found 16 that successfully infected and lysed bacteria, in some cases outperforming the wild type and even being distinct enough to count as new species. The study is a bioRxiv preprint (not yet peer-reviewed) and is framed as the first demonstration of AI writing coherent, genome-scale sequences that function in the lab; experts quoted warn about ethical and biosafety risks, with Craig Venter urging caution about any viral-enhancement work and noting potential misuse for bioweapons, while the authors stress that designing a full organism remains far off.
Source: https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-designed-virus-printed
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