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AI viral genome
September 27 , 2025
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- Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute created the world’s first fully AI-designed functioning viral genome.
- The virus designed by AI is a bacteriophage called ΦX174 that infects Escherichia coli bacteria.
- The AI model named Evo was trained on two million viral genomes to generate thousands of candidate genomes.
- Out of 302 AI-designed genomes, 16 successfully infected bacteria and replicated in lab tests.
- The AI-designed viruses contained hundreds of mutations never observed in nature.
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