AI Says It Can Beat the WHO at Picking Flu Vaccines. Can It?
A new protein-language-model study claims to out-predict the WHO's flu vaccine picks, reviving a live dispute over whether AI truly beats expert judgement here.
Anthropic Admits Its AI Can No Longer Rule Out Bioweapon Help
Anthropic's September 2026 threat report reveals Claude was used in five bioweapons-adjacent research attempts, including a chikungunya gain-of-function request. Here's why virologists and AI safety experts are both worried.
AI Can Write a Virus's Genome. It Still Can't Read One
Scientists mutated every letter of the ΦX174 phage genome and measured the result. Top AI models predicted it only moderately well, a reality check for AI biology.
Ebola Outbreak 2026: The AI Model Exposing Congo's Hidden Epidemic
As Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak hits record size, an AI-assisted model estimates the true toll may be up to triple the confirmed count.
Could AI Have Called the Worst Ebola Outbreak in Years?
A new preprint tests whether computational and AI forecasting models could have predicted the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola epidemic in DR Congo before it became one of the largest on record. Here is what the models got right, what they missed, and why it matters for outbreak science.
Ebola Vaccine in 68 Days: Pandemic Speed Meets Reality
The first Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine reached human trials just 68 days into the DRC's largest-ever outbreak. What the sprint reveals about AI-era pandemic preparedness.
AI Designs Working Virus Genomes for the First Time
Stanford and Arc Institute researchers used genome language models to write complete bacteriophage genomes from scratch. Sixteen worked in the lab — and the result reopens a hard debate about AI biosecurity.
Ebola's 100-Day Test: The Bundibugyo Vaccine Sprint
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is now the largest in DRC history. With no licensed vaccine, three candidates have reached human trials in weeks — a real-world stress test of the 100 Days Mission, AI-assisted drug discovery and outbreak modelling.