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Kevin Esvelt

Kevin Esvelt

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab

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AI crosses the genome design threshold

New Capabilities

Leading biosecurity voice calling for extreme caution

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