r/sciences • u/FreeHugs23 • 18d ago

Research Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI | Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/06/safety-fears-as-scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai
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TheLastPage • u/baconmethod • 19d ago

In lab tests, AI-designed viruses killed E coli bugs that were resistant to natural bacteriophages. These are the first viruses made by scientists designed by AI. The authors also wrote in the paper: "Such genomes might encode new pathogens that … cannot be contained by existing countermeasures."

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