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  1. AI Chatbots Furnished Detailed Guidance on Crafting Biological Threats

    Are AI chatbots like Gemini and Claude sharing dangerous biological weapon data? Experts warn that AI models are giving step-by-step instructions for harm.

    #aibiosecurity, #aiethics, #biothreats, #techsafety, #geminiclaude

    newsletter.tf/ai-chatbots-shar

  2. New reports show AI models are sharing instructions on how to create deadly toxins. This is a major concern for global biosecurity experts compared to last year.

    #aibiosecurity, #aiethics, #biothreats, #techsafety, #geminiclaude
    newsletter.tf/ai-chatbots-shar

  3. Wisconsin bill to restrict pathogen studies worries scientists; U.S. House and three states have now passed or considered bans on “gain-of-function” research for viruses and bacteria
    #GOF #ePPP #bioscience #biothreats #pandemic
    science.org/content/article/wi

  4. Wisconsin bill to restrict pathogen studies worries scientists; U.S. House and three states have now passed or considered bans on “gain-of-function” research for viruses and bacteria
    #GOF #ePPP #bioscience #biothreats #pandemic
    science.org/content/article/wi

  5. Wisconsin bill to restrict pathogen studies worries scientists; U.S. House and three states have now passed or considered bans on “gain-of-function” research for viruses and bacteria
    #GOF #ePPP #bioscience #biothreats #pandemic
    science.org/content/article/wi

  6. Wisconsin bill to restrict pathogen studies worries scientists; U.S. House and three states have now passed or considered bans on “gain-of-function” research for viruses and bacteria

    science.org/content/article/wi

  7. NBAF -- the upgraded version of Plum Island -- opened in Manhattan, KS this week.

    “I don’t understand why you’d put a facility like that in the middle of a highly productive cattle and crops area,”

    (I didn't get it either when the location was selected, and I was a biological weapons analyst at the time. Bad judgment.)

    The decision to put NBAF “in the middle of livestock country and tornado alley was real hubris”

    #pathogens #zoonoses #biothreats

    science.org/content/article/ne