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MIT Technology Review roundtable: a conversation with Samuel King, who designed viruses with AI

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

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MIT Technology Review will host a roundtable on October 16, where senior AI reporter James O'Donnell will speak with Stanford bioengineering PhD student Samuel King about his work using generative AI models to design genetic blueprints for miniature viruses.

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