# Risks of creating biological weapons with AI help are real — Brazilian BWC official

https://mins.news/en/item/70446

- TASS, 2026-09-23 10:47 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2191599

> Frederico Meyer, chair of the working group on strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, says AI-assisted creation of biological weapons poses a real risk. Citing Anthropic, he said the company recently detected and stopped several such attempts, illustrating how AI and biotechnology could lower barriers to biological knowledge.

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