AI in Biotech Sparks Urgent Biosecurity Safeguards Needed
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AI-enabled bioscience is accelerating, but experts warn it also lowers barriers for dangerous research. The Axios piece details how actors have attempted to use models like Claude for gain-of-function work and potential bioweapons, and notes ongoing efforts by developers to restrict dangerous queries. With AI reshaping life sciences and calls for standards, investigations, and possible kill-switch legislation, policymakers and researchers are debating how to safely oversee high-risk AI in biology.
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