Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine a common assumption that after we ...

OpenAI is bragging that its forthcoming models are so advanced, they may be capable of building brand-new bioweapons. In a recent blog post, the company said that even as it builds more and more ...

As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has come ...

Rocco Casagrande entered the White House grounds holding a black box slightly bigger than a Rubik’s Cube. Within it were a dozen test tubes with the ingredients that — if assembled correctly — had the ...

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That’s a haunting thought, but the letter outlines principles for the responsible use of AI in designing new proteins (aka the building blocks of life). The fear is that AI could be used to generate ...

Teachers worry about students using AI to do their homework, publishers worry about novelists using AI to finish their books, but now biosecurity experts have something even bigger to worry about: ...

Synthetic DNA can be used for vaccines, but it can also create bioweapons. Tech giants and biotechnology experts are asking for stronger regulation.

The prospect of bioweapons developed by non-state actors has lent new urgency to multilateral pandemic preparation and response efforts. Yet at a time when AI has made such threats exponentially ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...