Artificial intelligence models trained on DNA patterns created functioning bacteriophages that can infect bacteria, raising both therapeutic hopes and biosecurity concerns.
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“This is a next step in the complexity that's designable by generative AI, this is the first time generative AI has been used to design a complete genome, it's something that can replicate and have other functions inside cells… this was new territory for us.”— Brian Hie, Assistant professor, Stanford University · BBC News
Brian HieAssistant professor at Stanford University, lead researcherSamuel KingPhD student in Brian Hie's labDr Thomas InglesbyExpert at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security+3
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