AI just created a virus that kills bacteria—should we be scared?

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.
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Using short synthetic nucleic acids to probe genes in viruses that infect bacteria

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich resources for discovering proteins and tools for biotechnology, but many ...