# AI cannot defeat humans with a deadly virus on theory alone, scientist says

https://mins.news/en/item/79998

- TASS, 2026-09-30 09:30 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://tass.com/science/2194967

> Nikolay Nikitin, a virology professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, said AI could not independently create biological threats because it cannot experimentally verify its biological theories and calculations. AI is helping identify drug compounds, but its predictions are not always accurate. Anthropic previously reported five cases involving models used in potentially dangerous research linked to biological weapons.

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