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AI is learning to engineer biology. Our safety systems aren't keeping up.
Republishing my recent article from The Conversation
Apr 10
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Stephen D. Turner
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AI-Assisted Customer Screening for DNA Synthesis Orders
A new preprint shows AI can handle legitimacy verification at a fraction of the cost.
Apr 2
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Stephen D. Turner
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Weekly Recap (April 2, 2026)
AI automating AI research, AI + being PI, DL course, Neion Bio, NIH highlighted topics, TIP, Python type checking in Positron, R updates, biosecurity…
Apr 2
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March 2026
Creating Enforceable Biosecurity Standards for Nucleic Acid Providers
A new paper from Raytheon BBN and IBBIS: Sometimes “good enough” consensus today beats waiting for perfect clarity that may never come.
Mar 30
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Stephen D. Turner
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Importance of Data in Al-Enabled Biological Models
Chapter 5 of the National Academies report on AIxBio: Biological Data as Strategic Infrastructure
Mar 29
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Weekly Recap (March 27, 2026)
NSF AI readiness, AGI forecasts, White House AI policy framework, NIH genomics technology, statistical rethinking, context anchoring, R+Quarto, NOFO…
Mar 27
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Stephen D. Turner
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Adding Alt Text in Quarto with Claude Code
Emil Hvitfeldt published a Claude Code skill giving you a new slash command to create alt text for digital accessibility for all of your figures in your…
Mar 25
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Stephen D. Turner
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R Package Development in Positron Workshop
Workshop materials and recording from my January 15 2026 "R Package Development in Positron" workshop for Ukraine
Mar 23
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Stephen D. Turner
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De-slop the text you shouldn't be writing anyway
A Claude skill to remove all the AI patterns from AI-generated text. Useful for the bureaucratic writing you don't want to write anyway.
Mar 22
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Stephen D. Turner
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Weekly Recap (March 20, 2026)
NIH NOFOs, bioRxiv, AI+writing pod, Astral+OpenAI, AI in VA, AMLC, DARPA bioattribution, future of biosecurity, AI talent at universities, brain fry…
Mar 20
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Stephen D. Turner
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Would data access controls have slowed the COVID-19 response?
Proposed biological data governance and access control frameworks might face their toughest test during the crises they aim to prevent
Mar 18
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Stephen D. Turner
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The Four-Hour Session Treadmill
Claude Code, "just one more prompt," and work-life balance. 300 words, 90 seconds reading time.
Mar 16
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Stephen D. Turner
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