{"id":123452,"date":"2026-10-09T03:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:15:10","slug":"roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/de\/roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Friday, October 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/innovator\/samuel-king-ai-designed-viruses\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/innovator\/samuel-king-ai-designed-viruses\/\"><strong>Samuel King<\/strong><\/a> came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn\u2019t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter James O\u2019Donnell as he interviews King about his work, being named one of MIT Technology Review\u2019s Innovators Under 35 and new ways of seeing biology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Going live\u00a0on October 16th at\u00a018:30 BST \/ 1:30pm EDT \/ 10:30am PDT<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-auto is-style-fill is-style-fill--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/events.zoom.us\/ev\/An2am5-3n5mITTVVwlGE3Z8c9FxZfaxuqROlCeX3zwyoe2RfMRl-~AlHiHe57kkG56-OAYBCrsVyLrKJxpT30q7qB4WejLwUJA3XwI_NCV-dSACbiYIdPl2vPCbTlUAQU3-6_uAMpBtq-Cw\">Register now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Speakers<\/strong><em><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/author\/james-odonnell\/\"> James O\u2019Donnell<\/a>, AI Reporter, and <strong>Samuel King<\/strong>, Bioengineering PhD Candidate, Stanford University\/Arc Institute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/innovator\/samuel-king-ai-designed-viruses\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/innovator\/samuel-king-ai-designed-viruses\/\">He asked an AI to design viruses \u2026 and it worked.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/09\/17\/1123801\/ai-virus-bacteriophage-life\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/09\/17\/1123801\/ai-virus-bacteriophage-life\/\">AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn\u2019t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter James O\u2019Donnell as he interviews King about his work, being named one of MIT Technology Review\u2019s Innovators Under 35 and new ways of seeing biology. Going live\u00a0on October 16th at\u00a018:30 BST \/ 1:30pm EDT \/ 10:30am PDT Register now Speakers: James O\u2019Donnell, AI Reporter, and Samuel King, Bioengineering PhD Candidate, Stanford University\/Arc Institute Related Stories He asked an AI to design viruses \u2026 and it worked. AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-club","category-committee","category-news","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - 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