Daily A.I. Brief · October 9th

Storyflo Tech — The Daily Tech Brief · Oct 9, 2026 · 10m

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Theo here. October 9th, tech desk. Five stories from the last twenty-four hours — here's where I'd start. Let's get into it. First, from MIT Technology Review · AI. Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses. So, there's this fascinating conversation happening with Samuel King, a PhD student at Stanford, who’s been exploring the idea of using AI to design genetic blueprints for viruses. He’s not creating life just yet, but he’s definitely laying the groundwork for what could be a new frontier in biology. Imagine AI not…