圆桌对谈：与 AI 设计病毒的创造者对话

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

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MIT Technology Review 高级 AI 记者 James O’Donnell 将在圆桌对谈中采访 Samuel King，讨论他的研究及生物学的新观察方式。2025 年，King 使用生成式 AI 模型提出微观病毒的遗传蓝图，但这还不算 AI 生成生命。

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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’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter James O’Donnell as he interviews King about his work, being named one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 and new ways of seeing biology.

Going live on October 16th at 18:30 BST / 1:30pm EDT / 10:30am PDT

Speakers: James O’Donnell, AI Reporter, and Samuel King, Bioengineering PhD Candidate, Stanford University/Arc Institute

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