From TIME · Jeffrey Kluger · · 1m 10s
AI Brings Dodo Back
AI could revive the dodo by 2030s using genetic editing.
In brief
AI could revive the dodo by 2030s using genetic editing. Colossal Biosciences uses AI to potentially bring the dodo back by the early 2030s through genetic editing of nicobar pigeons. Originally reported by TIME.
AI helps revive dodo
AI may help bring extinct dodo back by early 2030s using genetic editing.
“de-extinction is as much a data problem as a biology problem”
Colossal's de-extinction work
Colossal Biosciences sequenced ancient DNA from dire wolf to bring it back in 2025.
Dodo's genetic challenges
Dodo genome has 650+ regulatory elements for beak shape and 1,700 for thickness and breadth.
GenoMorph AI platform
GenoMorph fills gaps in dodo genome by analyzing 70 bird species and genetic switches.
Dodo de-extinction process
Researchers edit nicobar pigeon cells to add dodo traits and use chicken eggs as surrogates.
Beak shape complexity
Beak shape requires 650+ regulatory elements to control, a major genetic challenge.
Dodo genome progress
Colossal has a nearly complete dodo genome from a single preserved specimen.
Dodo return timeline
Dodo could return by early 2030s after five years of genetic editing work.
The one thing
Colossal Biosciences uses AI to potentially bring the dodo back by the early 2030s through genetic editing of nicobar pigeons.
