Researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search genomes for antimicrobials
César de la Fuente's lab is using OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates aimed at fighting drug-resistant infections, according to OpenAI's blog post on the researcher's workflow.
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