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Scientists successfully use AI to create new viruses
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August 7, 2026
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1:03Now PlayingFor the first time, scientists at Stanford and the Arc Institute trained an AI model to write brand-new genetic code and turned it into living, bacteria-killing viruses, raising questions about what comes next.
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