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AI-Designed Viruses Spark Biosecurity Alarm, Microsoft Responds
10/8/2025
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- AI is used to design new viruses, raising biosecurity concerns about potential threats.
- A study shows AI can bypass safety measures against bioweapons, prompting Microsoft to issue patches.
- Stanford University researchers developed Evo, an AI tool to create bacteriophages targeting bacteria, not humans.
- Microsoft collaborates with government agencies to strengthen biosecurity screening and safeguard research, illustrating the dual-use risk.
