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  "title": "Evo 2 Probes for AMR Metagenomic Screening",
  "dek": "A source-grounded revision on how frozen Evo 2 layer-26 probes recover AMR, virulence, short-read, SynGenome prompt-label, and sparse-autoencoder signals—without unsupported external related work or deployment claims.",
  "summary": "Frozen Evo 2 layer-26 probes detect AMR and weaker virulence signals in metagenomes, with short-read and SynGenome caveats.",
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    "biosecurity",
    "metagenomics",
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    "frozen-embeddings",
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    "biosurveillance"
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  "published_at": "2026-07-19T03:08:13.21+00:00",
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      "What does this work show about Evo 2 and biosecurity screening?",
      "Did the authors fine-tune Evo 2?",
      "How well do the probes detect AMR?",
      "Is the AMR signal just generic gene-function signal?",
      "Do the probes detect bacterial virulence?",
      "Can the AMR probe work before assembly?",
      "Do SynGenome prompt labels prove generated sequences have AMR function?",
      "What role does the sparse-autoencoder analysis play?",
      "What information is missing for deployment decisions?",
      "Does the abstract establish governance or access-control recommendations?"
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        "name": "Cambridge Biosecurity Hub",
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      "Evo 2 genomic foundation-model representations",
      "Evo 1.5-generated SynGenome sequences",
      "Sparse-autoencoder analysis versus supervised probes",
      "Metagenomic biosurveillance first-pass screening"
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