Discovering new antibiotics with ChatGPT

The de la Fuente Lab is using ChatGPT and Codex in the search for new molecules that could help fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Modern medicine relies on effective antibiotics, which help us recover from routine illnesses, surgeries, childbirth, and more. However, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing problem. Approximately 5 million people die every year from bacterial AMR, and that number is expected to double by 2050. Dr. César de la Fuente and his team use ChatGPT and Codex to explore the genetic code of living and extinct organisms like woolly mammoths, snake venom, and more to identify promising antibiotic molecules. Work that traditionally takes five or six years can now be done in a matter of hours.