Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/06/safety-fears-as-scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai

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TragicNotCute@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 13d

Hell yeah! Do the Torment Nexus next!

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 13d

Whole new levels of brain rot.

Rhaedas@fedia.io · 6 pts · 13d

Everything's gone great so far, let's try something that could actively harm us.

alapakala@quokk.au · 4 pts · 13d

And god said, ā€œI’m out. They gotten more evil than my accuser.ā€

PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 2 pts · 13d

So is this bullshit, or is it a really good tool for making bioweapons in your garage and we finally found a real use case?

I feel like my opinion on it doesn't change either way.