{"id":"30e8fbea-b6a9-46f9-88b5-ce68cc1edfbd","url":"https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/scientists-can-now-watermark-ai-generated-proteins-to-deter-bioweapon-creation-but-will-it-really-work","domain":"livescience.com","outlet":{"name":"Live Science","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Scientists can now 'watermark' AI-generated proteins to deter bioweapon creation. But will it really work?","plainHeadline":"Scientists watermark AI-designed proteins to aid provenance tracking.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Google DeepMind developed SynthIDBio watermarking for AI-generated proteins.","Watermarks encode into amino acid sequences or protein structures to trace origin.","Tests show watermarked proteins still bind targets and function similarly to non-watermarked ones.","Experts warn watermarks can be removed and may not be a standalone security solution.","Open-source nature of tools and potential need for closed-source models complicate adoption."],"topics":["Science","Health","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T09:44:19.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-23T10:46:28.935Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/76ec7b7a-be35-4991-a920-bc5579d6e8c1","storyId":"76ec7b7a-be35-4991-a920-bc5579d6e8c1","image":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BBizGNEkjoo3XuUs4MDctD-1920-80.jpg","author":"RJ Mackenzie","dek":"A new technology encodes an invisible mark into the structure of AI-generated proteins, but experts said the system's guardrails can still be bypassed."}