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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

Nobel laureate designs molecules nature never made
David Baker is using AI to create entirely new proteins and biological functions that could revolutionize medicine and sustainability.
WIRED · 2m

AI could make bioweapons easier to build
Chatbots and gene editing tools are lowering the barriers to creating catastrophic viruses.
Vox · 4m