Daily briefing: ‘I used AI to design an awful protein’

Nature, Published online: 21 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01635-6This is what happened when a Nature reporter designed his own protein using AI. Plus, the ‘Gollum effect’ that makes researchers hoard data and hopeful results for the first mRNA bird-flu vaccine for cattle.

May 22, 2025 - 11:00
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Daily briefing: ‘I used AI to design an awful protein’

Nature, Published online: 21 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01635-6This is what happened when a Nature reporter designed his own protein using AI. Plus, the ‘Gollum effect’ that makes researchers hoard data and hopeful results for the first mRNA bird-flu vaccine for cattle.