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With AI-designed proteins on the horizon, concerns about their possible weaponization have surfaced. Researchers are emphasizing the importance of safety guidelines to govern the ethical use of these

Could AI-designed proteins be weaponized? Scientists lay out safety guidelines

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00699-0

AI tools that can come up with protein structures at the push of a button should be used safely and ethically, say researchers in the field.

Could AI-designed proteins be weaponized? Scientists lay out safety guidelines

3 comments

Mikufan

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Daxtron2

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Just because you can generate a digital model of a prion does not mean you have the resources to physically produce one. If you do, you already could without this.

bananabenana

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As if botulinum toxin and other proteins with known activity don't exist.

Chuymatt

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You just need to have some evil person with a salt shaker of prions that works at Cisco packaging.