# Lewis Tunstall discusses Carbon-X, a local AI model for DNA

> Original title: Was great to chat with WIRED about the release of Carbon-X: thanks for the great questions Emily 🫶!

- Source: Lewis Tunstall
- Published: 2026-10-22T13:51:50.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/nr4tre2o09ccvw5x51ua6d9bs
- Original: https://x.com/_lewtun/status/2113267085086212356

## Summary

Lewis Tunstall of Hugging Face thanked WIRED's Emily Mullin for a conversation about the release of Carbon-X. WIRED describes Carbon-X as a biology AI model that can be run locally on a laptop.

## Post

Was great to chat with WIRED about the release of Carbon-X: thanks for the great questions Emily 🫶!

## Quoted post @emilylmullin

> The latest AI model for biology is like ChatGPT for DNA—and you can run it locally on a laptop.
> https://www.wired.com/story/hugging-face-new-ai-biology-model-chat-with-dna/

https://x.com/emilylmullin/status/2113254029648076806