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rani – Resilience Action Network International

⚠️ Scientists used #AI to make new viruses in a major first. But with this comes the need to put in critical #biosecurity safeguards as @centerforhealthsecurity.org's Dr. Moritz Hanke underscores to ensure medicine and technology advance while keeping society safe.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Breaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens.

nyti.msThis A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in NatureScientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.

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