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What happens when AI begins to design viruses?

The Stanford experiment does not show that AI can casually manufacture dangerous human viruses; it shows that computers are beginning to move from analysing biological information towards proposing biological designs that scientists can physically build. This requires appropriate governance and safeguards

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What happens when AI begins to design viruses?

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