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Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing ...

Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

A team of researchers designs a ChatGPT that 'speaks in DNA', capable of creating new species that do not exist in nature and that would allow the creation of a second 'tree of life', new metabolisms, ...

The viruses in question are bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria – they can’t infect humans, or any other animals for ...