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AI Just Designed Entirely New Viruses from Scratch—And Top Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm

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Generative AI Used to Create Synthetic Viruses, Triggering Urgent Biosecurity Warnings

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ,  Artificial intelligence has officially crossed into new territory: writing complete viral genomes from scratch. While researchers hail the breakthrough as a major milestone for life sciences, leading health experts are warning that generative AI-designed pathogens could pose unprecedented biosafety and biosecurity threats if left unregulated.

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