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- MIT Tech Review roundtable: AI-designed viruses with Samuel King
MIT Technology Review will host a subscriber-only online roundtable on October 16, 2026, with AI reporter James O'Donnell interviewing Samuel King, a Stanford bioengineering PhD candidate and Innovators Under 35 honoree. The listing recalls that in 2025 King used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses, noting this is not yet AI-generated life but "that could be next." The conversation will cover his work and "new ways of seeing biology."
MIT Technology Review AI · 🔥 9 - OpenAI Foundation commits billions to open health and life-science data
OpenAI Foundation has committed $25 billion to philanthropy, with initial priorities including health and disease research and AI resilience. It has announced more than $125 million for public health data and more than $100 million for an AI-for-Alzheimer's program, while requiring funded datasets to be broadly available to researchers. The article notes that the foundation's close financial and governance ties to OpenAI Group PBC could create perceived conflicts of interest, though it cites no public evidence of improper influence.
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