COVID-19 has revitalized the debate on why biological weapons should not be used. International actors have expressed a new interest in the bioweapons threat — one that is focused on preventing and ...

March 26 (UPI) --The U.S. State Department Wednesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention, an agreement implemented in 1975 to stop the development and use of ...

The development of biological weapons with reliable, predictable effects has proven difficult in the past. Generating militarily efficient and accurate weapons requires considerable skills and ...

Artificial intelligence may help malicious actors develop chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons—but also help defenders head them off, a new Department of Homeland Security report ...

US adversaries have developed more advanced biological weapons programs, without prompting much attention from US policymakers. As the United States and its allies continue to exchange fire with Iran, ...

Anthropic safety hiring now targets nuclear, chemical, and biological harm, staffing analysts to stop its AI ever helping anyone build a weapon.

The world is a safer place thanks to the effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The convention, which was opened for signature in 1972, prohibits the ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm on a novel and dangerous capability of AI chatbots. “It was answering questions that I hadn’t thought to ask it, with this level of deviousness and cunning that I ...

Iran is interested in chemical and biological weapons and has made some inquiries regarding the process of acquiring such weapons, though there is not yet current proof that it is developing or ...