“Just as ChatGPT generates text by predicting the word most likely to follow in a sequence, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model can write new proteins that are not naturally ocurring from scratch.

Scientists used the new model, ESM3, to create a new fluorescent protein that shares only 58% of its sequence with naturally occurring fluorescent proteins, they said in a study published July 2 on the preprint bioRxiv database. Representatives from EvolutionaryScale, a company formed by former Meta researchers, also outlined details June 25 in a statement.

The research team has released a small version of the model under a non-commercial license and will make the large version of the model available to commercial researchers. According to EvolutionaryScale, the technology could be useful in fields ranging from drug discovery to designing new chemicals for plastic degradation.”

From Live Science.