Artificial intelligence is infiltrating every level of the armed forces, from infantry on the front lines to command centers conducting global-scale operations. A terrifying behind-the-scenes look at this high-stakes issue, following military-funded scientists racing to build this technology and ethicists scrambling to awaken the world to its apocalyptic potential.
You can read all about our work that led to the paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence. You can also see some of the press as well.
In the Pipeline March 15 2022 derek lowe
Deliberately Optimizing for Harm
Wired.IT March 18 2022 Chiara Dilucenti
Un’intelligenza artificiale ha creato 40mila nuove armi chimiche in sei ore
The Economist March 19 2022
How to tweak drug-design software to create chemical weapons
The VERGE March 17 2022 Justine Calma
AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours
New York Post March 18 2022 Charlotte Edwards
Killer AI invented 40,000 ‘lethal chemical weapons’ in just six hours
The register March 18 2022 Katyanna Quach
AI drug algorithms can be flipped to invent bioweapons
Financial Times March 18 2022 Anjana Ahuja
The dark side of using AI to design drugs
Financial Times March 20 2022 Hannah Kuchler
Will AI turbocharge the hunt for new drugs?
Swiss SRF Echo der Zeit March 21 2022 Thomas Häusler
Tödliches Gift, könnte dank einer Software einfach hergestellt werden
The DailyMail.CoM March 21 2022 Ryan Morrison
Artificial Intelligence created 40,000 of new lethal chemical weapon compounds six hours after being given the task by scientists
American Enterprise Institute March 21 2022 James Pethokoukis
AI is the invention of a new method of invention — and its potential is more amazing than you realize
The Japan Times March 22 2022 Brad Glosserman
Artificial intelligence gets scarier and scarier
TA Media March 24 2022 Joachim Laukenmann
Diese künstliche Intelligenz findet chemische Kampfstoffe
Vox March 30 2022 Kelsey Piper
When the scientific information is dangerous
LA Times March 30 2022 Margaret Werthiem
Op-Ed: AI’s real potential for lethal toxicity
ScientIas March 30 2022 Caroline KraAijvanger
Kunstmatige-intelligentie-bedenkt-binnen-6-uur-40-000-mogelijke-biowapens
Chemistry World March 31 2022 Jamie Durrani
Drug discovery AI that developed new nerve agents raises difficult questions
CoSMOS April 1 2022 Mark PESCE
Heaven and Hell
South Seattle Emerald April 2 2022 Kevin Schofield
Weekend Reads: Discovering New Drugs With AI
Le Temps April 5 2022 Marie Maurisse
Des armes chimiques créées en un tour de main
Washington Post April 7 2022 Lisa jarvis
Confronting AI’s Potential to Create New Chemical Weapons
Financial Times April 14 2022 Richard Waters
The big tech players are muscling into AI
Scientific American April 21 2022 Rebecca Sohn
AI Drug Discovery Systems Might Be Repurposed to Make Chemical Weapons, Researchers Warn
Le Scienze May 9 2022 Marco Boscolo
Dai farmaci alle armi chimiche, la doppia via dell'intelligenza artificiale
C&EN News May 10 2022 Laura Howes
A toxic twist on AI for drug design
Wired May 17 2022 Jess Craig
Widely Available AI Could Have Deadly Consequences
Deutschen Apotheker Zeitung May 24 2022 Volker Budinger
40.000 NEUE GIFTSTOFFE Die KI und das Gift – ein Weckruf für die Forschergemeinde
Forbes June 1 2022 Lance Eliot
AI Ethics And Legal AI Experts Greatly Alarmed About Dual-Use AI Which Empowers So-Called Doctor Evil Projects, Including Possibly For AI Self-Driving Cars
Air & Space Forces Magazine Sept 12 2022 Amanda Miller
Bioweapons Designed by AI: a ‘Very Near-Term Concern,’ Schmidt Says
The observer/ Guardian October 9 2022 Robin McKee
Gene-edited sheep offer hope for treatment of lethal childhood disease
The observer/ Guardian February 11 2023 John Naughton
Well, I never: AI is very proficient at designing nerve agents
The Daily Mail February 12 2023 STEPHEN ADAMS
Artificial intelligence could be misused to design biological weapons, warn scientists after their AI came up with 40,000 potentially toxic drugs in just six hours
Der Spiegel March 22 2023 SaScha Lobo
KI kann menschliche Verantwortung nicht ersetzen? – Doch!
SWR2 Wissen April 16 2023 Marten Hahn
Chemische Kampfstoffe – Von Chlorgas bis Nowitschok
Vox April 28 2023 Jen Kirby
Can a 50-year-old treaty still keep the world safe from the changing threat of bioweapons?
BBC April 29 2023 Dalia Ventura
Los científicos que se espantaron con su propio descubrimiento
THe Telegraph July 6 2023 Sarah Newey and Paul Nuki
Could AI chatbots be used to develop a bioweapon? You’d be surprised
THe New York Post July 10 2023 Alex MitchelL
World powers in rush to get killer robots on battlefield in AI arms race, as concerns grow they can turn on humans
THe Guardian July 10 2023 Lucy Mangan
Unknown: Killer Robots review – the future of AI will fill you with unholy terror
THe TELEGRAPH July 10 2023 Anita Singh
Are Killer Robots the future of warfare? It sure looks like it
WRAL Techwire July 12 2023 Bryant Haskins
Netflix documentary to feature Raleigh Pharma company on AI risks
Raleigh Magazine JULY 10 2023 Ana Beth Adcock
Revenge of the nerds?
Daily Mail JULY 12 2023 Matthew Phelan
'It's the stuff of nightmares': Fans left unable to sleep after watching 'terrifying' killer robots documentary on Netflix
BBC JULY 19 2023 Ben Platts-Mills
The Blue Flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project
Triangle Business Journal Sept 9 2023 Zac Ezzone
The rise of AI in healthcare
Jerusalem Post Sept 23 2023 MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Did Benjamin Netanyahu turn AI into a nuclear weapon? - analysis
Reports
Engaging Scientists to Prevent Harmful Exploitation of Advanced Data Analytics and Biological Data - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Artificial Intelligence in the Biological Sciences: Uses, Safety, Security, and Oversight - Congressional Research Service
TV
Unknown: Killer Robots - Broadcast on Netflix July 10th - What happens when a machine makes life-or-death decisions? This documentary explores the dangers of artificial intelligence in military application.
CBS 17 coverage of our work and the documentary. (July 18 2023)
CBS 17 coverage of rare disease research (July 30 2023)
Mit KI zur Biowaffe (Using AI to create a bioweapon) - Broadcast on ZDF 31st October 2023 by Greta Buschhaus und Leonie Sontheimer
Podcasts
Future of Life Institute (Part 2) January 13th 2023, On the Dangers of AI drug discovery - interview with Emilia Javorsky
Future of Life Institute (Part 1) January 5th 2023, On the Dangers of AI drug discovery - interview with Emilia Javorsky
Wissen Weekly October 2nd 2022, Künstliche Intelligenz: Wann wird’s gefährlich? (Artificial intelligence: when does it become dangerous?)
Radiolab September 9, 2022, 40,000 recipes for Murder - transcript. Also included in the episode Bad ideas from Nov 29th 2023.
The Lawfare Podcast: August 26, 2022, Sean Ekins and Filippa Lentzos on a Teachable Moment for Dual-Use