biological weapon
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biological weapons
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory worker did not appear to be linked to a biological weapon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The new system sends OpenAI a signal when it identifies risks like a cyberattack or biological weapon based on model activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Democratic and Republican senators voiced alarm this week about artificial intelligence's potential use to create a biological weapon.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
US intelligence agencies say they may never be able to identify the origins of Covid-19, but they have concluded it was not created as a biological weapon.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2021
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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