ChatGPT Gave Bioweapons Instructions to Hundreds, WSJ Reports

ChatGPT Agent Setting Industry Leading Example for Biosecurity Safeguards

OpenAI's latest release, ChatGPT Agent, represents a significant leap forward in artificial intelligence capabilities—and with it comes a thoughtful, proactive approach to managing the biosecurity risks that advanced AI systems can pose.

AI Chatbots Know How to Make Deadly Biological Weapons. Some Will Teach You.

AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries

Hundreds sought poison and bioweapon advice from ChatGPT, with some reportedly getting step-by-step guides

OpenAI reportedly flagged GPT-5 as a high-risk model internally after tests revealed it could generate detailed biological hazard information despite safety safeguards.

OpenAI warns that its new ChatGPT Agent has the ability to aid dangerous bioweapon development

The tool is designed to automate everyday tasks, but safety researchers found the model could also potentially help novices create biological threats

WSJ Reports Chatbots Used to Plan Large-Scale Harm

The Wall Street Journal reports that employees at an AI lab claim users are trying to get chatbots to accurately answer questions about planning large-scale cas

ChatGPT's bioweapon responses expose a legal blind spot

ChatGPT reportedly answered hundreds of biological weapons queries, exposing a legal gap as no U.S. law required OpenAI to alert authorities.