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AI Biosecurity: Why the Labs Want Congress to Regulate DNA, Not Them
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In early June 2026, four of the fiercest rivals in artificial intelligence — the heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft's AI division — signed the same letter to Congress. So did the companies that manufacture synthetic DNA. Their shared ask: make it mandatory to screen every commercial DNA order for dangerous sequences, to keep AI from helping someone build a bioweapon.
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