We’re Failing to Evaluate How Biologists Could Misuse AI
Argues that AI biorisk evaluations focus on novices while expert biologists with AI assistance could pose greater misuse risks, and that this gap needs addressing.
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Expert essays on AI safety, policy and governance. ai-frontiers.org
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AI Could End Encryption as We Know It
Argues that AI progress in mathematics and cryptanalysis could undermine public-key encryption, citing Anthropic research where an AI model discovered new attacks on cryptographic schemes.
AIs Are Disseminating Expert-Level Virology Skills
Introduces the Virology Capabilities Test, showing frontier LLMs outperform most human virologists on wet-lab troubleshooting, which raises concerns about bioweapon uplift for amateurs.
Smokescreen: How Bad Evidence Is Used to Prevent AI Safety
Argues that AI safety policy depends on trustworthy evidence, and that flawed benchmarks and corporate influence undermine it, so structural reforms for transparency and accountability are needed.