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The AI-Designed Bioweapon Arms Race

Posted on By infossl
AI, biological warfare, Security technology, Uncategorized

Interesting article about the arms race between AI systems that invent/design new biological pathogens, and AI systems that detect them before they’re created: The team started with a basic test: use AI tools to design variants of the toxin ricin, then test them against the software that is used to screen DNA orders. The results … Read More “The AI-Designed Bioweapon Arms Race” »

Using LLMs to Create Bioweapons

Posted on By infossl
academic papers, artificial intelligence, biological warfare, machine learning, Security technology, Uncategorized

I’m not sure there are good ways to build guardrails to prevent this sort of thing: There is growing concern regarding the potential misuse of molecular machine learning models for harmful purposes. Specifically, the dual-use application of models for predicting cytotoxicity18 to create new poisons or employing AlphaFold2 to develop novel bioweapons has raised alarm. … Read More “Using LLMs to Create Bioweapons” »