India, Oct. 30 -- A California-based startup says a patient with an antibiotic-resistant infection has received a treatment containing viruses designed by artificial intelligence (AI), in what it describes as a world first.

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Radical Numerics developed the experimental viruses using its AI model, Omnii-1. The announcement, also reported by The Independent, could mark a significant step towards treating infections that conventional antibiotics struggle to control.

However, the company has not disclosed whether the patient recovered, and its claims have not been verified in a peer-reviewed study.

The treatment involves bact...