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MIT Technology Review hosts a subscriber-only live roundtable with Stanford PhD candidate Samuel King, one of its Innovators Under 35, about using generative AI to design viral genetic blueprints.
Claude, an AI model from Anthropic, has discovered a previously unknown enzyme system hidden in bacteriophage DNA, revealing repeating sequences similar to CRISPR that humans had overlooked.
Anthropic's Claude has discovered a novel enzyme system in bacteriophages that resembles CRISPR, with potential applications in genetic medicine, though its function requires further research.
Scientists have used AI to design novel bacteriophages, raising concerns about biosecurity and the pace of regulation for AI-enabled biotechnology.
Researchers at Stanford and the Arc Institute used AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design hundreds of novel bacteriophage genomes, 16 of which produced fully functional viruses capable of infecting E. coli. The breakthrough opens new avenues for combating antibiotic resistance but raises biosecurity concerns.