AI leaders seek biosecurity rules as Anthropic urges pause (opens in new tab)

Executives from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Microsoft AI and Meta joined scientists and security experts in urging the U.S. Congress to require stronger safeguards for synthetic nucleic acids, including synthetic DNA and RNA, saying advanced AI could lower barriers to creating dangerous biological agents. The letter asks lawmakers to mandate screening for concerning genetic sequences, verify customers, and keep order and sequence records so suspicious activity can be traced. The biose...