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AI researcher discusses AI-designed viruses in MIT Tech Review event

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MIT Technology Review is hosting a subscriber-only roundtable discussion featuring Samuel T. King, a PhD candidate at Stanford University. King will discuss his 2025 work using a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for viruses, exploring the potential for AI to design new life forms. The conversation will be led by AI reporter James O'Donnell. AI

IMPACT Explores the potential for AI to design novel biological entities, raising questions about future bio-engineering capabilities.

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. MIT Technology Review TIER_1 English(EN) · MIT Technology Review ·

    Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

    Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, bu…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    MIT Technology Review examines AI-designed viruses after a Stanford PhD student used a generative model to propose new genetic sequences in 2025. https://www. t

    MIT Technology Review examines AI-designed viruses after a Stanford PhD student used a generative model to propose new genetic sequences in 2025. https://www. technologyreview.com/2026/10/0 8/1146224/roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses/ Friday, Octo…

    LINKS technologyreview.com/…/roundtables-a-conv… technologyreview.com/…/0
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD st

    📰 Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic b... 📰 Source:…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/roundtables-a-conversat… web.archive.org

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