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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that…

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  1. 2026-10-16 18:00 · MIT Technology Review AI
    Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

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