Anthropic warns AI aids bioweapon design
anthropic's ceo dario amodei warns ai carries serious risk of aiding bioweapon design, sparking calls for slowed progress. biotech industry must adapt.
anthropic's ceo dario amodei warned of serious ai risks, including aiding bioweapon design. openai's sam altman agreed on the need for pacing frontier progress. researchers used an ai 'molecule generator' to create 40,000 potential chemical warfare agents in 2022. experts warn that combining ai with advances in biotech and gene editing makes misuse more likely. safeguards are in place but not foolproof.