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AI Can Now Make Deepfake Biological Viruses. We Are Not Prepared - Forbes

Published by Forbes By John Koetsier · 14 August 2026 at 02:19
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AI Can Now Make Deepfake Biological Viruses. We Are Not Prepared - Forbes
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AI can now read and edit DNA. That has tremendous upside, medically. But it also has enormous dangers, including deepfaked biological viruses.

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