AI leaders warn frontier models and synthetic DNA could lower bioweapons development barriers

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AI industry leaders have issued a new warning that rapidly advancing frontier AI models, combined with easily accessible synthetic nucleic acids, could lower the barriers to developing biological weapons. An open letter published this week urges lawmakers to mandate screening of orders for synthetic nucleic acids and related equipment, as well as require recordkeeping for synthesis orders and sequence data to prevent potentially dangerous misuse.

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