Tag: #biosecurity

Preprint: Frontier LLMs Can Propose High‑Risk Single‑Site Protein Mutations; Tool Access Raises Risk

An Oct. 9 arXiv preprint finds leading LLMs can propose high‑risk single‑site protein mutations in a benchmark, and tools raise that risk.

#ai, #biosecurity, #mutations, #arxiv

DeepMind unveils SynthID Bio to watermark AI-designed proteins for provenance and biosecurity

DeepMind describes SynthID Bio, a proof-of-concept method to watermark AI-designed proteins for provenance tracking and biosecurity screening.

#deepmind, #syntheticbiology, #proteindesign, #biosecurity

RAND paper warns AI-biology tests need clearer design, scoring and reporting for policy use

RAND paper warns tests of AI agents' biological capabilities are sensitive to design and need clearer standards for scoring, reporting and policy use.

#ai, #biosecurity, #rand, #benchmarks

Researchers report agentic LLMs outperformed expert biologists and produced robot-assembled DNA in lab tests

Researchers report agentic LLMs outperformed expert biologists on biosecurity tasks and that model-written code ran an OpenTrons robot to assemble DNA.

#ai, #biosecurity, #llm, #syntheticbiology

H5N1 RNA detected in semen of California dairy bull, study finds

Researchers detected H5N1 genetic material in semen from a California dairy bull — the first such finding in cattle; no live virus was recovered and risks remain unclear.

#h5n1, #avianinfluenza, #dairy, #biosecurity