AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?

Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing viruses with AI pose threats to biosecurity? Read More

AI can strengthen pandemic preparedness

How to identify the next dangerous virus before it spreads among people is the central question in a new Comment in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. In it, researchers discuss how AI, combined with the ... Read More

This is the first virus 'invented' by an AI: "The destructive potential of biology is undeniable"

A team of researchers designs a ChatGPT that 'speaks in DNA', capable of creating new species that do not exist in nature and that would allow the creation of a second 'tree of life', new metabolisms, ... Read More

AI just created a working virus. The U.S. isn’t prepared for that.

Tal Feldman is a student at Yale Law School who formerly built AI and data tools for U.S. government agencies. Jonathan Feldman is a computer science and biology student at Georgia Institute of ... Read More

ROLAND WHITE reviews Disease X: Hunting The Next Pandemic on BBC2: Can AI beat the next pandemic?

I don’t want to worry you, but now might be a good time to have your Covid mask washed and ready for action. You might also care to stock up on lavatory paper and tinned food because another pandemic ... Read More

AI model helps identify therapeutic antibodies to boost pandemic preparedness

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a novel method that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced imaging techniques to more accurately and efficiently identify therapeutic antibodies ... Read More