This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

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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. This story matters for General News readers tracking general. Reported by nytimes.com. Read the full original at the source link below.

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