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AI can decode digital data stored in DNA in minutes instead of days
A new AI-based method can accurately recover digital data from DNA strands nearly 90 times faster than older techniques, raising the possibility of practical DNA storage for computing
“DNA can store vast amounts of data in an extremely compact form and remain intact for thousands of years,” says Daniella Bar-Lev at the University of California, San Diego. In experiments, DNAformer could read 100 megabytes of DNA-stored data nearly 90 times faster than the next fastest method – which was developed with traditional, rules-based computing algorithms – while achieving better or comparable accuracy. The team plans to develop versions of DNAformer tailored to newer techniques for encoding data into DNA, says Omer Sabary at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
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