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Science & Space
A Stanford PhD student used AI to design viruses from scratch. It actually worked.
Samuel King fed genetic instructions into a generative AI model and got back blueprints for new microscopic viruses. Now he's explaining what that means for medicine, and for what biology even is.
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Science & Space
AI Designed Working Viruses From Scratch. Here's What That Actually Means
Stanford researchers used a large genome model to generate functional bacteriophage viruses. The viruses work. They're not weapons. But the same researchers are asking whether we should plan ahead before someone builds a version that targets humans.
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Policy
Stanford Students Walked Out on Google's CEO at Graduation. Here Is What They Actually Wanted.
More than a hundred students left during Sundar Pichai's commencement speech at Stanford. Their grievances went far beyond artificial intelligence.
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