# The AI-generated bacteriophages - folks, it's just the genome (so far)

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**Created:** [August 7, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ai-generated-bacteriophages-folks-its-just-the-genome-so-far/1032220 "2026-08-07T22:29:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ai-generated-bacteriophages-folks-its-just-the-genome-so-far/1032220/1 "2026-08-07T22:29:54Z")

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Having just read Annie Jacobsen’s new book, “Biological War: A Scenario” (if you’re read Stephen King’s “The Stand” in any of its iterations, this one’s scarier!) I was a knocked a bit off-kilter by this news, but it’s just the genome, not the phages themselves, I hope anyway!

[https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec2657](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec2657)