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.

Scientists have designed and created new viruses using artificial intelligence. These AI-designed bacteriophages successfully replicated and killed E. coli bacteria. This breakthrough marks a ...

Scientists use AI to create entirely new viruses – and give urgent warning - Breakthrough ‘raises urgent biosafety and biosecurity questions’ that we are not currently equipped to deal with, experts w ...

Scientists have used AI to create 16 synthetic viruses for the first time, provoking fears the technology could be used to create bioweapons.

Scientists from Stanford University and the Arc Institute used AI to create new viruses, CNN reports. This has n ...

While these viruses could offer a new weapon in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, the breakthrough also raises ...

Scientists used an artificial intelligence program to create new viral genomes that are different from any known natural viruses and that targeted specific hosts, according to a new study. The ...

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Kevin Esvelt, MIT associate professor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss a new study from the Arc Institute that found AI created new recipes for virus genomes after prompts from scientists, Covid origins ...