“Bar-Lev and her colleagues developed an AI-powered method called DNAformer that can quickly and accurately decode jumbled DNA sequences. The system includes a deep learning AI model trained to reconstruct DNA sequences, a separate computer algorithm that identifies and corrects errors and a third decoding algorithm that converts everything back into digital data while fixing any remaining mistakes.

In experiments, DNAformer could read 100 megabytes of DNA-stored data nearly 90 times faster than the next fastest method – which was developed with traditional, rules-based computing algorithms – while achieving better or comparable accuracy.”

From New Scientist.