In this WND article, Ireland Owens reports that leading artificial intelligence executives are pressing Congress to act before AI tools further lower the barrier for creating biological weapons.
- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly signed a letter urging Congress to impose safeguards on companies that supply synthetic DNA and RNA.
- The requested safeguards would require synthetic nucleic-acid providers to screen customer orders for dangerous biological sequences.
- The executives also want suppliers to verify that purchasers are legitimate before fulfilling orders tied to potentially sensitive biological material.
- The concern is that AI systems could make it easier for bad actors to access information that was once limited to advanced scientific expertise.
- The letter warns that AI has major potential benefits for science and medicine but could also erode the barriers that have historically kept biological-weapons knowledge out of the wrong hands.
- The article notes that biosecurity concerns are not new in biotechnology, but recent AI advances have intensified those risks.
- The report comes shortly after President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to expand AI-enabled defensive tools and cybersecurity services.
- The article also cites prior warnings from scientists that AI chatbots can provide troubling guidance related to dangerous pathogens and that advanced AI may be capable of designing viruses, toxins, or other bioweapons.
Read the full story:
https://www.wnd.com/2026/06/top-i-execs-urge-congress-safeguard-against-biological/
