Vaccines are being created by AI: here’s how

Over the past few years, there have been a number of major breakthroughs in artificial intelligence as researchers have found ways to apply the tech from everything from self-driving cars to weather prediction. Recently, medical researchers have begun using AI in a bid to reduce long drug development times and prevent costly failures. Now, these efforts are beginning to produce real results. A team of medical researchers from Australia’s Flinders University have designed an AI that has, for the first time, created a drug entirely by itself. Below, we’ll cover the science behind how the new vaccine was created — as well as what it may mean for the future of both AI and healthcare. The first vaccine created by AI alone The drug, described by the researchers as a “turbocharged” version of the flu vaccine, includes a compound that stimulates the human immune system, making it more effective at fighting off infection. The AI...