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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.
This month PAHO decides whether the United States and Mexico have lost measles elimination status. The verdict rests on a question of viral genomics: one chain of transmission, or many separate importations?
The US Department of War has awarded Flagship Pioneering up to $47 million to build AI platforms that predict viral evolution before outbreaks happen. Here's what the ONTARGET deal means for biosecurity, pandemic readiness and the AI-bio arms race.
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'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
