{"slug": "ai-heavyweights-warn-their-tech-could-help-terrorists-develop-bioweapons", "title": "AI heavyweights warn their tech could help terrorists develop bioweapons", "summary": "Leading AI researchers and executives have publicly warned that their own technology could be used by terrorists to develop biological weapons. The experts stated that current safeguards are insufficient to prevent malicious actors from exploiting large language models to design or engineer dangerous pathogens. The warning underscores a growing concern that the rapid advancement of AI poses an immediate and severe threat to global biosecurity.", "body_md": "**SPONSORED LINKS**\n\n### MOST POPULAR\n\n## EVENTS\n\n-\n### Thriving Through Volatility: The Everpure Advantage in an Uncertain Market\n\nLearn how a consumption-based operating model provides flexibility, improves efficiency, and brings predictability to infrastructure investments.\n\n-\n### Overcoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\n\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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