Not really though, a virus is just a vector for introducing a message into a living cell so a virus CAN be a cure in and of itself. I would also bet that the "AI" they used is actually just a ML algorithm but the internet needed clicks so they slapped "AI" on it.

This virus IS a cure for bacterial infections. It is a proposed replacement for antibiotics, which have been steadily reducing in effectiveness over the years, and will likely stop working entirely in the future. This is a way to prevent you and I from being killed by staph infections again.

Refusing to engage with the technology just guarantees that when someone else inevitably engineers a virus you'll be unable to do anything about it