# Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

**Published:** October 16, 2026
**Author:** MIT Technology Review
**Source:** MIT Technology Review
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/roundtables-a-conversation-with-the-creator-of-ai-designed-viruses-1698e1be

Listen to the session or watch below 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’t yet an example of…

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