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  "id": 18446,
  "url": "https://theconversation.com/scientists-have-designed-a-functioning-virus-from-scratch-using-ai-what-you-need-to-know-289319",
  "title": "Scientists have designed a functioning virus from scratch using AI – what you need to know",
  "summary": "Researchers used AI to design working bacteriophages for the first time, raising questions about antibiotic resistance and biosecurity.",
  "authors": "Chloe James, Professor of Microbiology, University of Salford, Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology, University of Leicester",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "biotech",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-11T13:36:34.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-12T05:10:43.828Z",
  "source_slug": "conversation-ai",
  "source_name": "The Conversation",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18446",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/scientists-have-designed-a-functioning-virus-from-scratch-using-ai-what-you-need-to-know-289319",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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