AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
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Ewen Callaway
Article Details
Journal
Nature
Volume / Issue
Vol. 653, Issue 8114
Published
May 14, 2026
Pages
344-347
ISSN
0028-0836
Publisher
Nature Portfolio
Authors (1)
E
Ewen Callaway
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