Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
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.
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.
The card
- Industry: Educación — Aulas, universidades y formación: aprendizaje y gestión.
- Source: MIT Technology Review
- Published: 08/10/2026
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How I read this case
In education the interesting case is not the one that does homework faster: it is the one that gives time back to the teacher. Marking, preparing material, spotting who is falling behind. When a case measures learning rather than tool usage, there is usually somebody serious behind it.
The three questions
- Whether it measures learning or only how many people used the tool.
- What it gives back to the teacher in concrete hours of their week.
- How a minor's data is handled and who authorised it.
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