{
  "id": 17250452,
  "title": "Why human scientists, not AI, still control the fate of biosecurity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/why-human-scientists-not-ai-still-control-the-fate-of-biosecurity",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T15:40:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/scientists-ai-designed-viruses-phage-genome-biosecurity-101926"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "AI models have written the genome of a working virus for the first time, though the ones that came alive attack only harmless lab bacteria",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}