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Re:Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' front... by ronsor on Sunday September 13, 2026 @01:24PM (#49686299)
"Bioweapon" information is not useful without a lab for synthesis.

Someone with that lab could almost certainly figure out how do something stupid or destructive on their own, or bypass model safeguards somehow.

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Re:Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to 'distill' front... by a34729t on Sunday September 13, 2026 @01:50PM (#49686607)
You dont need an LLM to figure out to make anthrax. Anybody who can figure out how to make a home lab can make all sorts of dangerous stuff pretty easily. Same with college grad from a respectable chemistry program. This all FUD.
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