Posted 3/8/2024, 2:00:34 PM
Biologists Pledge Safe AI Use After Warning of Bioweapon Risks
- Over 90 biologists signed an agreement to ensure their AI-aided research moves forward safely without enabling bioweapons
- They argued the benefits of current AI technologies for protein design outweigh potential for harm
- Goal is to regulate use of equipment needed to manufacture new genetic material, not suppress AI tech
- Sparked by AI startup CEO warning Congress that new AI could empower unskilled people to create biological attacks
- Biologists include Nobel laureate Frances Arnold and represent labs in the US and other countries