NEW GLOWING MOLECULE, INVENTED BY AI, WOULD HAVE TAKEN 500 MILLION YEARS TO EVOLVE IN NATURE, SCIENTISTS SAY

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Scientists used an AI model to simulate 500 million years of molecular evolution, which resulted in the code for a previously unknown glowing protein similar to those found in jellyfish and corals. While the simulated protein only exists in computer code, the model used to create it may help in the development of new medicines. The model, called ESM3, doesn't design proteins within the usual constraints of evolution - it is a problem-solver that fills in gaps of incomplete protein code. ESM3 learns fundamental biology and then creates functional proteins outside the space explored by evolution.