In fact, they chose VX as the kind of molecule the AI should be aiming at. They didn’t fabricate real molecules, but the AI produced 40,000 deadly new virtual molecules within six hours.

VX is a variety of “nerve gas”, first synthesised by Britain’s chemical warfare lab at Porton Down in the 1950s. Just 8 milligrams (two grains of salt) will kill an adult human being if it ...

VX is a variety of “nerve gas”, first synthesised by Britain’s chemical warfare lab at Porton Down in the 1950s. Just 8 milligrams (two grains of salt) will kill an adult human being if it ...

VX is a variety of “nerve gas”, first synthesised by Britain’s chemical warfare lab at Porton Down in the 1950s. Just eight milligrammes (two grains of salt) will kill an adult human being ...

VX is a variety of "nerve gas," first synthesized by Britain's chemical warfare lab at Porton Down in the 1950s. Just 8 milligrams (two grains of salt) will kill an adult human being if it comes ...

The Rutgers team designed the protein to have a cavity at its center that matched the precise shape and chemical composition of VX. Collaborators at the City College of New York took the Rutgers ...