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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.

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

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Originally published by MIT Tech Review - AI on Oct 16, 2026.

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