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Subcommittee opens hearing on biosecurity risks at intersection of AI and biology
Summary
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations opened a hearing examining how advanced AI tools and more widely available biotechnology could outpace current oversight and pose new biosecurity risks, while underscoring potential medical benefits.
Unidentified Speaker, Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, opened the hearing titled "Examining Biosecurity at the Intersection of AI and Biology," saying the panel would weigh both the promise of AI-enabled biotechnology and the need to minimize risks to national security.
The chair said the convergence of artificial intelligence and biotechnology could accelerate medical breakthroughs while also creating new paths for misuse. "The goal of today's hearing is to examine a rapidly evolving threat landscape at the intersection of artificial intelligence and biotechnology," he said, adding that the challenge is to "minimize that risk of misuse and ultimately to protect national security, while also maintaining public support" for scientific…
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