# Hugging Face releases Carbon-X, an open model trained on DNA and text

> Original title: "Carbon-X integrates both DNA and natural language in a conversational interface. Think of it like a ChatGPT for DNA." — @emilylmullin, @...

- Source: Lewis Tunstall
- Published: 2026-10-22T13:05:36.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/d6ncs4d1ct76u2bcgxb0ghww8
- Original: https://x.com/_lewtun/status/2113255452381261976

## Summary

Lewis Tunstall announces Carbon-X, an open DNA model that Hugging Face says was midtrained from a 14B model on DNA and text. He says it beats every open language model and matches GPT-6.1 Sol at 1,000x lower cost. Users can ask it about sequences and mutations or have it generate new DNA. WIRED describes the model as a ChatGPT-style conversational interface for DNA.

## Post

"Carbon-X integrates both DNA and natural language in a conversational interface. Think of it like a ChatGPT for DNA." — @emilylmullin, @WIRED 

https://www.wired.com/story/hugging-face-new-ai-biology-model-chat-with-dna/

## Quoted post @LoubnaBenAllal1

> Introducing Carbon-X: The best open DNA model.
> 
> We midtrained a 14B model on DNA and text, and it beats every open language model and matches GPT-6.1 Sol at 1,000x lower cost.
> 
> Ask it about a sequence, what a mutation does, or to generate new DNA.
> 
> https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceBio/Carbon-X

https://x.com/LoubnaBenAllal1/status/2113212025560023513