{"id":4261,"date":"2026-08-09T17:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T17:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2026-08-09T17:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T17:35:04","slug":"scientists-raise-safety-concerns-after-ai-used-to-design-new-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4261","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Raise Safety Concerns After AI Used To Design New Viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Scientists have raised concerns about biosecurity after artificial intelligence (AI) was used to design new viruses.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4260\">Senate To Vote On Massive Package Of Bills Before Heading For Exits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Thomas Inglesby and Dr. Moritz Hanke from the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University authored an Aug. 6 commentary piece in the journal, Science examining biosecurity in relation to AI-generated viral genomes, according to the BBC. In their commentary, the pair of doctors responded to the results of a study in which a team of researchers used AI to design bacteriophages. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and replicate inside bacteria, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough this is promising for life sciences applications, it also raises urgent biosafety and biosecurity questions. The ability to compose viral genomes using generative AI now exists; the governance to safely steer it does not,\u201d Inglesby and Hanke wrote in the commentary piece.<\/p>\n<p>The doctors also questioned whether generative viral genome design can be used without \u201cenabling serious harm.\u201d Inglesby and Moritz said new, disease-causing viruses \u201cshould not be pursued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hie, an assistant professor at Stanford University, and Samuel King, a PhD student, were part of the team who conducted the study in which generative AI was used to design bacteriophages. The team used genome language models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to generate phage genomes for E. coli bacteria. The team tested 300 of the AI-generated genomes and identified 16 phages that were successful in killing E. coli bacteria, according to the same study.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Hie reacted to the study\u2019s results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a next step in the complexity that\u2019s designable by generative AI, this is the first time generative AI has been used to design a complete genome, it\u2019s something that can replicate and have other functions inside cells\u2026 this was new territory for us,\u201d he said, according to the BBC. <strong>(RELATED: Nvidia Backs $100,000,000 Push To Spread AI Across College Campuses)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4258\">\u2018See You At Training Camp\u2019: Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Declares For 2027 WNBA Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Patrick Cai, chair of synthetic genomics at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, offered a similar sentiment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe significance extends far beyond phages \u2013 it suggests that genome language models are beginning to learn the design principles encoded by evolution, opening the door to AI-assisted genome writing,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the study follow a renewed interest in the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ashish Jha, who served as the White House\u2019s COVID-19 coordinator under President Joe Biden, said he now believes the pandemic was the result of a lab leak.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), cast doubt on the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic began at a wet market, according to his diary entries released by Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4256\">Senate Once Again Kicks Funding Can Down The Road<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists are raising biosafety concerns about using AI to design new viruses and preventing potential harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[435,410,3670,3671,1466,3603],"class_list":["post-4261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-biosecurity","tag-coronavirus-origins","tag-scientists","tag-virus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scientists Raise Safety Concerns After AI Used To Design New Viruses - 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