Ben Lamm, CEO of Colossal Biosciences, sat down at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in modern biology and the company's efforts to revive extinct species through genetic engineering and synthetic biology.
The fireside chat explored how AI technologies enable de-extinction research, as well as the ethical and conservation questions the work raises. Lamm addressed the growing debate over whether engineering nature represents a conservation breakthrough or potentially diverts attention and resources from protecting ecosystems and species still in existence today.
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