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  "id": 17418,
  "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-used-ai-to-create-16-new-viruses",
  "title": "Scientists Used AI to Create 16 New Viruses",
  "summary": "The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.",
  "authors": "Fernanda González",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-07T14:13:57.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-08T05:10:34.355Z",
  "source_slug": "wired-ai",
  "source_name": "Wired",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.wired.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17418",
  "original_url": "https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-used-ai-to-create-16-new-viruses",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}