Synthetic Biology, Drones, and AI: The Risks of Dual-Use Technologies

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This article discusses the risks posed by dual-use technologies such as synthetic biology, drones, and AI, highlighting the challenges in regulating these advances to protect public security. Experts debate the balance between innovation and preventing misuse in cyberattacks and infrastructure threats, including concerns about drone use at high-profile events like the FIFA World Cup.

Is it too late to stop criminals and American adversaries from exploiting AI to conduct cyberattacks or design novel pathogens? Has regulation kept pace with the threat civilian drones pose to critical infrastructure? AI researcher Lennart Heim, Army drone strategist Paul Lushenko, and CEO of Sentinel Bio Claire Qureshi join Jonathan to discuss the trade-offs between protecting the public and letting the private sector forge ahead. The conversation gets into synthetic DNA, the risk of drones at the FIFA World Cup, and whether the U.S. government should get early access to Silicon Valley’s newest large language models.Image: T. T. Paris The post Synthetic Biology, Drones, and AI: The Risks of Dual-Use Technologies appeared first on War on the Rocks.