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Every day brings with it a new achievement to the credit of AI. From creating full-length movies to predicting human actions, there is truly no domain left untouched by AI, including medicine and biotechnology.

Just a few days ago, news of an AI tool that detects cancer within minutes from a drop of blood was making the rounds. Now, it seems that generative AI has been used to edit human DNA itself.

Profluent, an AI-driven protein design company based in Berkeley, has unveiled the OpenCRISPR-1 initiative, introducing the world’s first open-source, AI-generated gene editor. This launch marks the successful precision editing of the human genome using customizable gene editors crafted entirely through AI innovation.

Profluent’s technology leverages vast amounts of biological data to design …

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