The British government plans to introduce safeguards for AI-driven gene synthesis to prevent its misuse in the production of biological weapons.
The British government plans to strengthen regulations on the use of artificial intelligence in gene synthesis to prevent terrorist organizations from using it to create biological weapons. The plan will establish protective mechanisms through model safety assessment, access control, and biotechnology risk monitoring, and consider intervening in the cooperation between AI companies and academic institutions with large genomic datasets. This information was published by Bloomberg on August 12.