Biosecurity AI News & Updates

2026-08-04 20:05 [Safety Concern] [SRC↗]

Chinese Open-Weight Model GLM-5.2 Nears Frontier Cyber and Bio Capabilities With No Refusals

A SaferAI evaluation found Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 trails OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 by only a few months on cyber and biology capabilities, yet refused none of the offensive cyber or dual-use bi...

[Biosecurity] [China AI Policy] [open-weight models] [AI safety evaluation] [cyber capabilities] [jailbreaks]

Risk: [+0.11% ↑] [-2 days ↑]

AGI: [+0.03% ↑] [-1 days ↑]

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2026-07-28 00:13 [Policy and Regulation] [SRC↗]

Amodei Clarifies Anthropic Never Sought Open-Weight Bans, Points Instead at Chinese State AI and Bioweapon Risk

Dario Amodei published a blog post denying industry rumors that Anthropic backs a ban on open-weight models, whether Chinese or general, calling non-dangerous open models a public good. He instead framed his concerns aro...

[Anthropic] [Export Controls] [US-China Competition] [Biosecurity] [AI Policy] [open-weight models]

Risk: [-0.03% ↓] [0 days]

AGI: [0%] [0 days]

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2025-04-16 21:12 [Safety Concern] [SRC↗]

OpenAI Implements Specialized Safety Monitor Against Biological Threats in New Models

OpenAI has deployed a new safety monitoring system for its advanced reasoning models o3 and o4-mini, specifically designed to prevent users from obtaining advice related to biological and chemical threats. The system, wh...

[Reasoning Models] [OpenAI] [AI Safety] [Biosecurity] [Safety Monitoring]

Risk: [-0.1% ↓] [+1 days ↓]

AGI: [+0.04% ↑] [-1 days ↑]

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