Executive summary: Large language models (LLMs) and biological design tools (BDTs) powered by AI have the potential to significantly increase biosecurity risks by making it easier for malicious actors to develop bioweapons, necessitating proactive governance measures to mitigate these risks.
Key points:
LLMs can make dual-use biological knowledge more accessible to non-experts, assist in bioweapons planning, and provide lab assistance, lowering barriers to misuse.
BDTs could enable the design of novel, potent, and optimized biological agents that circumvent existing screening measures.
The bias towards information sharing in science and AI poses challenges for biosecurity due to the dual-use nature of biological knowledge.
While current AI tools may not pose significant biosecurity risks, their rapid advancement necessitates proactive governance.
Proposed governance measures include public-private AI task forces, pre-release LLM evaluations, training dataset curation, and restricted model sharing.
Collaborative and forward-looking deliberation is needed to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of AI-enabled biology.
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Executive summary: Large language models (LLMs) and biological design tools (BDTs) powered by AI have the potential to significantly increase biosecurity risks by making it easier for malicious actors to develop bioweapons, necessitating proactive governance measures to mitigate these risks.
Key points:
LLMs can make dual-use biological knowledge more accessible to non-experts, assist in bioweapons planning, and provide lab assistance, lowering barriers to misuse.
BDTs could enable the design of novel, potent, and optimized biological agents that circumvent existing screening measures.
The bias towards information sharing in science and AI poses challenges for biosecurity due to the dual-use nature of biological knowledge.
While current AI tools may not pose significant biosecurity risks, their rapid advancement necessitates proactive governance.
Proposed governance measures include public-private AI task forces, pre-release LLM evaluations, training dataset curation, and restricted model sharing.
Collaborative and forward-looking deliberation is needed to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of AI-enabled biology.
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