Google hid a watermark inside proteins that an AI designed.
Google DeepMind published SynthID Bio on Wednesday, a watermark for proteins that AI designs. The mark steers which amino acids the model picks, and the protein still works. Nature published the work, and DNA maker Twist Bioscience will test it in order screening.
Why it mattersLabs that make DNA to order cannot tell AI-designed sequences from natural ones. A hidden mark lets them flag a dangerous order before it is built.
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