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UK Plans Safeguards to Stop Terrorists Using AI For Bioweapons

Bloomberg Technology Wednesday 12 August 2026, 15:26 UTC By Ellen Milligan 1 min read
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The UK government is planning to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in gene synthesis as officials become increasingly concerned that a lack of global guardrails could make it easier to use the technology to create biological weapons.

The UK government is planning to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in gene synthesis as officials become increasingly concerned that a lack of global guardrails could make it easier to use the technology to create biological weapons.
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