Anthropic and OpenAI warn AI-enabled bioweapons risk is a wake-up call for biotech

Anthropic and OpenAI leaders publicly acknowledged the risk of AI-enabled bioweapons and called for slower development. Anthropic reported attempts to use its models to enhance chikungunya and avian flu; some scientists consider the threat overstated.

• Collaborations Pharmaceuticals model generated 40,000 potential chemical weapons in 6 hours
• Anthropic logged attempts to enhance chikungunya and avian flu via its models
• Experts propose using AI to monitor AI and strengthening DNA screening
• Some Imperial College biologists say AI alone is insufficient for bioweapons