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Russian lab worker's death poses low pandemic risk
A woman at a Siberian plague research institute died of pneumonia in October. Experts say the risk of a pandemic is very low, but Russia's secrecy raises concerns.
PolitiFact · 2m
Russia's plague death exposes a global biosecurity crisis
A researcher's death near a Russian plague lab reveals how the world is building more dangerous pathogen facilities while oversight collapses.
Vox · 4m
Google watermarks AI proteins for biosecurity
DeepMind develops a system to identify trustworthy AI-designed proteins and flag unknown ones for closer scrutiny.
Ars Technica · 3m
The biological war scenario that keeps experts awake
Author Annie Jacobsen explores why engineered pathogens pose a greater extinction threat than nuclear weapons.
Mother Jones · 3m
Why AI won't unleash a bioweapon apocalypse
Despite alarm from Silicon Valley to Washington, experts say the real barriers to AI-created bioweapons are far more practical than theoretical.
WIRED · 2m
Anthropic launches verified access for life science AI
A new program gives researchers safer, less restricted access to Claude models for drug discovery and biology work.
Anthropic · 2m
AI could make bioweapons easier to build
Chatbots and gene editing tools are lowering the barriers to creating catastrophic viruses.
Vox · 4m
Anthropic caught scientists probing bioweapons with Claude
Five case studies show how Anthropic spotted working scientists pushing its models toward dangerous biology, and what it did next.
Engadget · 1m
The Cold War trick that could save us from AI bioweapons
Scientists once built a back channel across the Iron Curtain, and the AI-biotech era needs one again.
Foreign Policy · 3m
Anthropic blocked AI misuse that could have aided bioweapons
Anthropic says it caught people trying to push Claude toward cyberattacks, spyware and dangerous virus research, and cut them off.
ABC7 Chicago · 2m
Anthropic blocked bioweapon research on Claude
Five times this year, researchers tried to hide what they were really asking Claude to help them build.
Ars Technica · 1m · 5 views