{"id":566243,"date":"2026-08-12T00:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/566243\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T00:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:48:16","slug":"researchers-have-successfully-used-ai-to-create-brand-new-viruses-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/566243\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers have successfully used AI to create brand new viruses &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQQXlJWXdZekhjLTdHZnBiSUhrQlNSY2xibWVYd182WFBFWUxtS3R1cmNmOFNkNy1vMlRFeVBWVGVBR3JGelhfS0tCTm9zd2pXTlRHZGlBdGt1UzdUSE1FZzFQUjR6d0cyQ3ZtbXBBNTZWWUZVU0Q2NFBfdWZRcnRiNlZJQnFxaFhlVWNxRGxTbVlKVFZjX2pOQzdfTWNrOEl3MlRzTnZxakdldlZ3Vkxz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Researchers have successfully used AI to create brand new viruses<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQWDdyY3dqcF8tdFF0aDIzdTA3c2VzdjhYUnp0Y0tmMjlFUTRCcUhrN2tDUWdlYTJjU1FCdkRvdGNtVElCXy1oZ293Y0FRSGVxaEJDYmItdlprZjlMVUp0LUVKVWJNSU1nelI5OGNYdy1EUkRYVWl6QXU4T0hzS0Z0X0VpV2NJb3RDOVBDT2xjLUtIUEUxSDdIVDBB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI-built virus could kill billions, Kiwi expert warns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPU2hTRmx5Qnlndzd1d2RVWXdjR0ZOTzRueU9QcEF2OUw2YWJhZ1RYM2IyS25kdEg5aTlMdEwyZGtIMnFWc0VpSmFxRk80UWI1XzZ0SDFHYkVZSFdrbDJUZWFpOHJrc19ma2c1ZVpIQW13N3RxcV8xNGxkNGpDb25mUU1BWGsxdnBUNXI3RnExdV9OWmRfNGp4SzgxRmFzYThRWGVwaG9qbkEwNGxWQjdZc01KZC1ZOExySmE5TXlpZzE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists have designed a functioning virus from scratch using AI \u2013 what you need to know<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9Ib2lWUWFwQ2g0a1RMQ1VDNFI2TmFtaWdoUUZWcXVyZkJveXVrVDZ1ZzZOWS1PdFR3a0xReWxKT3QzMXFCT3FEOGZoNjdiR2RaTFlZNEpSR19SdVQ4UlB2ZUpPY1J2cUg0cmROZXFnSWJlREpXMks5Ni1YTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOZXQxODVHMG5UOW9KMmR1UkJFNkxNOGhLSkFmWXpEUUZTMS03QVFNc3J4S21jWDdtVHFWb2FaU1Mwb3M1WDVTV2ZOR2dxNWJ6bzF0WnJqMldaTGwzZUViV0wxaWYtTUtDTFVDbm1iRVBwVHRoaWhmVWJFbGxtV1JrRHZaOVZkLUkyQXN0LTQwdl9ueXg2Wlo0Y0xsb3ljemoyTmFtSXFRclhDanZP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers have successfully used AI to create brand new viruses&nbsp;&nbsp;NPRAI-built virus could kill billions, Kiwi expert warns&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffScientists have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-566243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}