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BofA is spending big on GLP-1’s and AI invents a virus not found in nature for the first time

August 7, 2026·29 min·4-min readconversationalnews
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Bank of America spent $250 million on GLP-1 weight loss drugs for employees, calling it a moral imperative despite rising costs and workplace tensions. Meanwhile, AI-designed viruses created in a Stanford lab signal a breakthrough in synthetic biology with both medical promise and biosecu

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