Rice plants can fight off devastating disease after gene editing with AI-designed tool

Researchers used an AI-designed system called OpenCRISPR-1 to create rice plants that resist bacterial blight. Because this tool is open source and free to use, agricultural researchers can modify crops without proprietary licensing agreements.

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