How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules

Researchers are using AI models like ChatGPT and Codex to speed up the search for new antimicrobial molecules (compounds that can kill disease-causing microbes) by treating biology as an information system where DNA and protein sequences are like an alphabet. These AI tools can reduce what traditionally takes years of searching through vast genome databases to just hours, though promising candidates still require laboratory testing and clinical trials before becoming actual medicines.