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Leading models are getting better at designing pathogens

The group used it to launch an AI agent that then went on the attack

Software once ate the world. Now it is in danger of eating itself

“Bad Influence” argues that separating medical fact from fiction is becoming harder online

The squabble between America’s government and Anthropic makes an AI disaster more likely

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist