OpenAI backs bipartisan push for AI-biothreat safeguards
OpenAI endorses three bipartisan bills—the Web of Biological Data Act, the AI-Ready Bio-Data Standards Act, and the SCALE Biology Act—to standardize biodata, expand data and standards oversight through NIST, and set safeguards for developing bio-tools to counter AI-enabled biological threats, signaling a broader push for AI safety that includes outside evaluators for top models.