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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

AI Uses Physics to Illuminate the Dark Proteome

AI combined with applied physics can design unstable, intrinsically disordered proteins from the dark proteome, enabling new biological and therapeutic opportunities.
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Do AI-designed proteins create a biosecurity vulnerability?

On Thursday, a team of researchers led by Microsoft announced that they had discovered, and possibly patched, what they're terming a biological zero-day-an unrecognized security hole in a system that protects us from biological threats. The system at risk screens purchases of DNA sequences to determine when someone's ordering DNA that encodes a toxin or dangerous virus. But, the researchers argue, it has become increasingly vulnerable to missing a new threat: AI-designed toxins.
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