MIT Technology Review 圆桌对话：AI 设计病毒创造者 Samuel King

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

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斯坦福大学博士生 Samuel King 将于 10 月 16 日与 MIT Technology Review 资深 AI 记者 James O'Donnell 对话，讲述其用生成式 AI 模型设计微观病毒基因蓝图的工作。

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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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