MIT TR roundtable: Stanford PhD who used generative AI to design bacteria-killing viruses
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-09
MIT Technology Review will host a subscriber-only conversation (Oct 16, 18:30 BST) with Samuel King, Stanford bioengineering PhD / Arc Institute, named to TR35 for using generative AI to propose genetic blueprints for viruses — AI-designed viruses that already kill bacteria. Reporter James O'Donnell explores whether AI can design new life forms.
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