That's not true, the paper used AlphaFold 3. The disclaimer is about generative AI, not AI writ large.
I agree the UCSD writeup is pretty misleading; the authors used protein-modeling software, which is really not very interesting, and the fact that the SOTA protein modeler uses machine learning is not at all relevant to this specific paper.
Ah yeah I skimmed and searched for “AI” so missed that. The UCSD article does not contain the term “AlphaFold” so yeah they’re definitely engagement baiting.
I agree the UCSD writeup is pretty misleading; the authors used protein-modeling software, which is really not very interesting, and the fact that the SOTA protein modeler uses machine learning is not at all relevant to this specific paper.