Artificial intelligence created viruses that did not exist in…
Artificial intelligence created viruses that did not exist in nature. Scientists from Stanford University and Arc Institute developed 16 viable bacteriophaguses — viruses capable of infecting bacteria — using artificial intelligence (AI), according to the NYT.
Consensus
- Scientists used AI to design 16 new, viable bacteriophages that do not exist in nature.
- The AI models Evo1 and Evo2 were trained on genetic data of millions of bacteriophages.
- The created bacteriophages were able to destroy strains of E. coli that are resistant to the natural bacteriophage ΦX174.
- The viruses are safe for humans because they only target bacteria and are similar to the naturally occurring ΦX174.
- The research was published in the journal Science.
- The study involved generating thousands of genome variants, synthesizing nearly 300, and testing them in a lab.
- The AI was trained on nine trillion nucleotides from diverse biological sources.
Points of divergence
- The researchers intentionally excluded genetic codes of viruses that infect plants, humans, or animals from the AI training data to reduce risk. — tg_tvrain
- The study was reported by the New York Times. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The study was published in the journal Science and involved AI-generated images of the virus structure. — riamo
- The AI system was developed by a team of biologists and mathematicians from the Arc Institute under the leadership of Brian Hie. — kommersant
- The AI model Evo is similar to ChatGPT in its functioning, using patterns from DNA like language models use text. — fontanka
Coverage (5 sources)
- Stanford scientists with AI created 16 viruses not found in nature. All for a noble cause, but it still is in... — Дождь (Telegram)
- «We wanted to be as cautious as possible». Artificial intelligence created viruses that did not exist in nature — The Moscow Times
- AI created viruses against resistant strains of Escherichia coli — РИАМО
- AI for the first time in history designed artificial virus strains from scratch — Коммерсантъ
- Artificial intelligence created viruses that do not exist in nature for the first time. They were able to destroy E. coli — Фонтанка