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Biosecurity for the Age of AI

The magazine Issues in Science and Technology has published a piece arguing that biosecurity frameworks must be updated for the era of artificial intelligence. The argument centers on how AI tools could lower barriers to engineering dangerous pathogens, and what safeguards, oversight and governance would be needed to keep biological research safe as these technologies spread.

Why now: Concerns are growing that AI could make it easier to design or acquire biological weapons, putting biosecurity policy in the spotlight.

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