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Gates Foundation Funds First-Ever Creation of 16 Synthetic Viruses Using AI
Freerepublic.com·August 7, 2026·1 min read
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Scientists have successfully created 16 synthetic viruses using artificial intelligence, marking the first time complete viral genomes have been designed and synthesized. This groundbreaking research has been published in the journal Science and demonstrates AI's potential in virology.
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For the first time ever, scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete viral genomes that were physically synthesized and turned into 16 new functional viruses capable of replicating. The work was published in Science, one of the world’s mos…
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