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The first AI-designed bacteriophages kill their targets

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The Arc Institute's Evo 2 model landed in Nature with the first AI-designed bacteriophages, sixteen of 285 generated designs selectively killing target bacteria.

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Reporting date: 2026-03-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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The first AI-designed bacteriophages kill their targets
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Reporting date: 2026-03-05
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Claim: The Arc Institute's Evo 2 model landed in Nature with the first AI-designed bacteriophages, sixteen of 285 generated designs selectively killing target bacteria.
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