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AI Is Now Creating New Viruses. What Can Go Wrong?
['Paul Dragu', 'Selwyn Duke', 'Rebecca Terrell', 'Alex Newman', 'John', 'Nisha Whitehead', 'Michael Tennant', 'Daniella Pentsak']
The New American
The scientists used AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to create the viruses.
As the authors of the white paper acknowledged 10 years ago, “[Gain-of-function] research can pose risks regarding biosecurity and biosafety.”
No GuardrailsAs with gain-of-function, there is an obvious risk to using AI to create viruses.
All this has incentivized Congress to look into ways to force AI developers to create an “AI kill switch.”
Despite all these concerning signs, we are now teaching AI how to create viruses.