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AI's refusal problem and weight-loss drug side effects
Today's AI models are trained to refuse harmful requests, but those refusals sometimes fail catastrophically. Meanwhile, weight-loss drugs show unexpected side effects beyond their intended use.
MIT Technology Review · 2m
MI5 warns AI could arm terrorists with bioweapons
Britain's spy chief says artificial intelligence poses unprecedented threats, from enabling bioweapon access to outthinking human defenders.
POLITICO · 1m
MI5 warns AI could arm terrorists with bioweapons
The head of Britain's Security Service says artificial intelligence poses an unprecedented threat if safeguards fail, potentially giving extremists access to biological weapons.
The Independent · 1m
Bill Gates warns AI risks if misused
Bill Gates warns AI could cause billion deaths if misused without safeguards.
Dailymail · 2m
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
Three ways AI could actually kill us
Experts worry about hacked water supplies, bioweapons, and loss of control. Here's what those scenarios actually look like.
WIRED · 3m
How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?
A.I. leaders have long warned the technology could destroy humanity. Now the world is finally listening.
The New Yorker · 4m
AI could make bioweapons easier to build
Chatbots and gene editing tools are lowering the barriers to creating catastrophic viruses.
Vox · 4m
Anthropic says it blocked bioweapon research on Claude
Five times, scientists in blocked countries slipped past Claude's guardrails to chase dangerous biology.
Futurism · 1m · 6 views