# AI Can Now Make Deepfake Biological Viruses. We Are Not Prepared

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-can-now-make-deepfake-biological-viruses-we-are-not-prepa-mnta>
> Published: 2026-08-13 23:19:23+00:00

# AI Can Now Make Deepfake Biological Viruses. We Are Not Prepared

By John Koetsier, Senior ContributorSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)AI can now read and edit DNA. That has tremendous upside, medically. But it also has enormous dangers, including deepfaked biological viruses.

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