{
  "id": 15727680,
  "title": "‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast-15727680",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T04:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/oct/20/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5 , warned that AI had the potential to ‘change the stakes’ on existing and even new bioweapons. To find out why, and how, Ian Sample speaks to Dr Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He explains what has…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast",
        "published": "2026-10-20T04:00:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}