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- 1AI is eroding barriers that kept bioweapons rare▼AI is eroding the barriers that kept biological weapons rare
STAT News reports that artificial intelligence is dismantling the technical and practical barriers that historically kept biological weapons rare. AI tools can lower the expertise, cost and access hurdles once required to engineer dangerous pathogens, raising alarms among biosecurity experts and policymakers who are calling for new safeguards on AI systems with biological capabilities.
- 2Immigration policy pushing foreign researchers out of the US●Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S.
A STAT News survey reports that recent US immigration policy changes are prompting foreign-born scientists and researchers to leave the country. Respondents describe visa uncertainty and a hostile environment as factors affecting their decisions to continue working in the US. Commenters note the potential long-term damage to American science and innovation if international talent keeps departing.