{"data":{"id":"f101e710-a54f-4a75-adea-6e395ad916c7","title":"The specter of AI-enabled bioweapons is a wake-up call for biotech","summary":"Leaders and researchers at AI companies have publicly warned that AI could aid the design and release of bioweapons. In 2022, Collaborations Pharmaceuticals researchers found that an AI molecule generator produced 40,000 molecules with potential as chemical warfare agents in under six hours. A report by Anthropic acknowledged attempts to use its models to explore making chikungunya more transmissible, making bird flu more dangerous to humans, and building an \"atlas of venom toxin peptides.\"","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["safety","policy"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/18/1144329/the-specter-of-ai-enabled-bioweapons-is-a-wake-up-call-for-biotech/","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T09:00:00.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":[],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":["Anthropic","OpenAI"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Anthropic","OpenAI","Claude","ChatGPT"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"epssCheckedAt":null,"kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":null,"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-09-18T09:00:00.000Z","fixReleasedAt":null,"daysToFix":null,"fixCheckedAt":null,"capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["safety"],"aiComponentTargeted":null,"llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}