AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Code

<p>This sort of <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/ai-models-design-viruses-not-found-in-nature-for-first-time/107007854">research</a> is both exciting and terrifying:</p> <blockquote><p>The two models in question were told to generate complete genomes for a viable bacteriophage&#8212;a type of virus able to infect and replicate itself inside bacteria, destroying them from the inside.