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Scientists use AI to create new viruses; bringing worries of the tech creating biological weapons, deadly poisons and unstoppable pandemics

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Scientists have used AI to design the first complete viral genomes, creating 16 working bacteriophages that kill E. coli. Published in Science, the study used genome language models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to write DNA from scratch. The AI-designed viruses beat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but experts warn biosecurity governance for generative genome design does not yet exist.
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