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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

MIT Technology ReviewPublished 4 hours ago

Stanford PhD student Samuel King used generative AI in 2025 to design genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses, marking a step toward AI-designed life forms. He discussed this work and its implications in an MIT Technology Review subscriber event.

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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

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