AI just created a virus that kills bacteria—should we be scared?

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.

Q&A: How viruses build perfectly symmetrical protective shells

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...
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Stanford AI Creates First Virus for Antibiotic-Resistant E. coli

AI Creates Viruses for the First Time Researchers at Stanford University in the U.S. successfully designed the first virus ...

Hackers are using GPT-4 to build a virtual assistant - here's what we know

In essence, MalTerminal is a malware generator. When adversaries bring it up, it asks if they want to create a ransomware encryptor, or a reverse shell. The prompt is then sent to the GPT-4 AI, which ...
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Using short synthetic nucleic acids to probe genes in viruses that infect bacteria

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich resources for discovering proteins and tools for biotechnology, but many ...