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Most gain of function research is not dangerous, and most dangerous research is not called gain of function
A new review separates a broad literature term from the narrow set of experiments biosecurity policy is meant to catch. 500 words, 2 minutes reading…
Jun 26
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Stephen D. Turner
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Six Things: June 18, 2026
Cal Newport on doom trolling, SecureBio's benchmark dashboard, RAND on biodesign audit trails, the anti-scaling law in drug development, local models…
Jun 18
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Stephen D. Turner
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Open tabs (June 12, 2026)
TBR in AIxBio, AIxEdu, AIxLabor, AIxWriting, and other essays & papers
Jun 12
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Stephen D. Turner
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Five Things (June 5, 2026): AIxBio, and a Red Alert for US Science
Open-closed model gap, evals in the biorisk hierarchy, DARPA AI Forge, refusal benchmarks, OpenAI’s Rosalind Biodefense
Jun 5
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Stephen D. Turner
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Five Things (May 23, 2026): AI in life sciences
Jassi Pannu on AI and biosecurity, RAND/Helena AIxBio biosecurity mitigations, Blekhman on genomics AI, Nature’s AI scientists week, AI in peer review.
May 22
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Stephen D. Turner
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Five Things: May 7, 2026
BioMysteryBench, the Mythos vetting U-turn, USC’s $200M AI bet, Yihui Xie on AI coding, NIH Highlighted Topics
May 7
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Stephen D. Turner
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This week in AIxBio (April 30, 2026)
Biosecurity risks from chatbots, $500M for cell-modeling data, AI-designed recombinases hit pharma, FDA streams trial data in real time, and a…
Apr 30
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Stephen D. Turner
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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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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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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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