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AI Surpasses Virologists in Lab Tasks, Sparking Bioweapon Safety Concerns
A new study in which artificial intelligence outperformed expert virologists in specialized laboratory tasks is raising hopes for faster biomedical breakthroughs and fears about bioweapon risks. Researchers tested leading AI models against the Virology Capabilities Test, a benchmark designed to assess expert-level knowledge in virology and wet lab protocols. The results suggest that AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o surpassed the accuracy of most h…
The recent advance in Artificial Intelligence (IA) applied to virology implies a paradigm shift: models trained in general language tasks already surpass human experts in solving practical laboratory problems, while opening up revolutionary opportunities for biomedical research as serious doubts about biosafety.
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