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J. Craig Venter

J. Craig Venter

Founder, J. Craig Venter Institute

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AI crosses the genome design threshold

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Pioneer of synthetic genomics, commenting on AI-designed genomes

Stanford and Arc Institute researchers used an AI called Evo to write genetic code for 302 bacteriophage viruses from scratch. Sixteen of them workedโ€”they replicated, killed bacteria, and some even outperformed the natural virus they were modeled on. It's the first time a machine has successfully designed complete, functional genomes without human guidance on what genes to include or how to arrange them.

Updated Jan 7