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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
The AI design tools produced proteins able to break chemical bonds that stay stable for hundreds of years; scissors, but for molecules.

At a glance
- First reported by Ars Technica: “Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 10:51 PM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: AI.
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorArs Technica reported on October fourteenth, twenty twenty-six, that researchers used AI design tools to make proteins that cut up other proteins.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe bonds they break are stable for hundreds of years. These are the group chat of chemistry, and nobody leaves.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's tiny scissors that a computer designed.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentScissors for stuff that outlives your whole family. I'd ask it to cut my screen time, but it only works on things that are stable.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYour screen time is not stable. It's a medical event.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHashtag scissorhands.
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