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AI-designed virus infects a human for the first time
Original: AI-designed virus infects person for the first time
News outlets report that a virus created with the help of artificial intelligence has infected a person for the first time, marking a milestone in AI-driven biological design. The claim has drawn attention to the speed of AI tools in synthetic biology and to worries about oversight, biosecurity and the ethics of using AI to design organisms that can infect humans.
Why now: Reports that AI tools have moved from assisting science to designing an infectious agent raise immediate safety and biosecurity concerns.
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