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

圆桌会议：与人工智能病毒设计者的对话

Available only for MIT Technology Review subscribers. 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. 仅限《麻省理工科技评论》订阅者阅读。2026年10月16日，星期五。人工智能可以设计新的生命形式吗？2025年，斯坦福大学博士生塞缪尔·金（Samuel King）给出了一个初步答案，他利用生成式人工智能模型提出了微观病毒的基因蓝图。这还不是人工智能生成生命的例子，但下一步可能就是了。

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 Register now Speakers: James O’Donnell, AI Reporter, and Samuel King, Bioengineering PhD Candidate, Stanford University/Arc Institute 加入资深人工智能记者詹姆斯·奥唐奈（James O’Donnell）的行列，他将采访金，探讨他的工作、入选《麻省理工科技评论》“35岁以下科技创新35人”的经历，以及看待生物学的新方式。直播时间为英国夏令时10月16日18:30 / 美国东部时间下午1:30 / 太平洋夏令时间上午10:30。立即注册。演讲嘉宾：人工智能记者詹姆斯·奥唐奈，以及斯坦福大学/Arc研究所生物工程博士候选人塞缪尔·金。

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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. By Timnit Gebruarchive pageEmily M. Benderarchive pageThese startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMsMeet the new kids nipping at the heels of the AI giants. By Will Douglas Heavenarchive page 别被这个夏天的人工智能炒作所迷惑。关于通用人工智能（AGI）和新能力的夸大宣传在审查下很快就会破灭。作者：蒂姆尼特·格布鲁（Timnit Gebru），存档页面；艾米丽·M·本德（Emily M. Bender），存档页面。这些初创公司正在追逐大语言模型领域的下一个大事件。来看看那些紧追人工智能巨头的新秀们。作者：威尔·道格拉斯·海文（Will Douglas Heaven），存档页面。

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