Evo AI: Revolutionizing Genetic Design and Decoding

Researchers from the Arc Institute and Stanford University have developed Evo, a 7-billion-parameter AI model capable of decoding and designing genetic sequences. Published in Science, Evo was trained on 2.7 million microbial genomes, allowing it to learn DNA evolution and design new microbial genomes. The model's ability to predict protein mutations in minutes, compared to years of human research, suggests significant potential for advancing synthetic biology and medical research.