AI can now coach amateur virologists, and top tech leaders want Congress to act on DNA security

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2026-06-04
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Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and other tech leaders are urging the US government to make screening of synthetic DNA orders a legal requirement. AI systems already outperform PhD-level virologists on lab procedures, the signatories warn, raising the risk of misuse for biological weapons. The article AI can now coach amateur virologists, and top tech leaders want Congress to act on DNA security appeared first on The Decoder .

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Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and other tech leaders are urging the US government to make screening of synthetic DNA orders a legal requirement. AI systems already outperform PhD-level virologists on lab procedures, the signatories warn, raising the risk of misuse for biological weapons. The article AI can now coach amateur virologists, and top tech leaders want Congress to act on DNA security appeared first on The Decoder .

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