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AI is eroding barriers that kept bioweapons rare
Original: 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.
Why now: Rapid advances in AI's ability to assist biological design have reignited concern among experts and policymakers about biosecurity risks.
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- AI is eroding the barriers that kept biological weapons rare · statnews.com
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