AI Chatbots Know How to Make Deadly Biological Weapons. Some Will Teach You.
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After updating the popular chatbot based on artificial intelligence ChatGPT, in the summer of 2025, hundreds of users around the world addressed requests for the creation and use of biological weapons and poisons, writes The Wall Street Journal.
Investigative report reveals upgraded AI chatbot provided biological weapons instructions
The issue is, should the AI firm involved have notified law enforcement about the users who requested the instructions? A Wall Street Journal investigation published on 25 July 2026 has revealed that hundreds of users around the world had asked ChatGPT for instructions on how to manufacture and deploy biological weapons and poisons — and the AI chatbot had provided detailed, workable answers. The situation emerged after OpenAI upgraded the chat…
AI Chatbots Know How to Make Deadly Biological Weapons. Some Will Teach You.
(WSJ) – AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries After OpenAI enhanced the brain power of its chatbot last summer, hundreds of users worldwide began asking it how to make and deploy biological weapons and poisons. The models, operating largely free of U.S. government restrictions, patiently answered, issuing step-by-step instructions describ…
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