An Australia based Tech Entrepreneur has managed to create an mRNA vaccine for his cancer stricken dog using ChatGPT and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program.
Paul Conyngham, the co-founder of Core Intelligence Technologies, used AI to analyze massive amounts of data from the genome sequencing of his pet dog ‘Rosie’ to create the blueprint of a customized mRNA vaccine- the immunotherapy method.
Conyngham claims that his dog’s tumor has shrunk to half after mRNA vaccine doses were administered to it. He claims that his dog’s DNA sequencing data was provided by the UNSW Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, after which he deployed AlphaFold (an AI program) to find the proteins that were mutated, and then identified potential targets and matched them to drugs.
The mRNA vaccine was then designed by Professor Pall Thordarson, director of the UNSW RNA Institute in Australia who took help of data from Conyngham.
The story was first reported by ‘The Australian’ who spoke to Conyngham, who explained the entire process of using AI to identify the exact mutations in the DNA of his dog Rosie who was suffering from cancer.
“The idea is you take the healthy DNA out of her blood and then you take the DNA out of her tumor and you sequence both of them to see exactly where the mutations have occurred,” said Conyngham to The Australian.
The breakthrough cancer treatment on Rosie using AI has broken the internet with several tech entrepreneurs, scientists and AI leaders showing utmost disbelief at how AI was able to locate the mutated genes and offer mRNA vaccines.
We will look back on AlphaFold as one of the greatest things to come from AI. Will keep giving for generations to come. https://t.co/vjYlXSbm3f
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) March 14, 2026
The story of Conyngham and his dog opens new realms for AI and advanced medical research especially for cancer treatment. Conyngham claims that he paid $3000 to extract genome sequencing of his dog, however, the entire cost of developing a vaccine from scratch is still disputed, and might have run into thousands of dollars.
