This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature 06. August 2026 (20:00) Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.(New York Times)
DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else 06. August 2026 (18:23) Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers don't yet fully understand how it does this.(Wired)