biological weapon
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Democratic and Republican senators voiced alarm this week about artificial intelligence's potential use to create a biological weapon.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
The powder was also sent to the Homeland Security Department’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, where it was formally determined not to be a biological weapon.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
All US intelligence agencies agree that Covid-19 was not developed as a biological weapon, said the report.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
The virus was not developed as a biological weapon, and it probably wasn’t genetically engineered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
In one, a mad scientist used HeLa as a biological weapon to spread rabies; another featured yellow house paint made of HeLa cells that could talk.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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