# Free AI model ESKAPE helps screen compounds for new antibiotics

> Original title: A free AI tool speeds up the search for new antibiotics

- Source: Semafor · Technology
- Published: 2026-10-28T09:00:10.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ede16hpseqt43ezbd879c01m8
- Original: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/26/2026/a-free-ai-tool-speeds-up-the-search-for-new-antibiotics

## Summary

McMaster University researchers released ESKAPE, a free AI model that predicts which chemical compounds might kill dangerous bacteria. Researchers upload compound lists and receive antibacterial activity predictions, and they retain ownership of their discoveries. So far the model has screened more than 12 million molecules and can process over 40,000 compounds a day.