Can AI develop new viruses?

Already: Deep fakes are flooding the web. Some fear that AI could even help develop new viruses. "I still believe that the potential to help humanity through AI is extremely great," says AI researcher Daniel Rückert, a member of the Generative AI Taskforce on the German TV program "Titel Thesen Temperamente." He is primarily researching AI-assisted image analysis in medicine. For example, he envisions that in a few years, every primary care physician will be able to use AI to say, "You may develop a certain cancer in two years. Here's what you can do now to change that still."

Watch the whole segment (in German) here.