COVID-19 has revitalized the debate on why biological weapons should not be used. International actors have expressed a new interest in the bioweapons threat — one that is focused on preventing and ...

March 26 (UPI) --The U.S. State Department Wednesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention, an agreement implemented in 1975 to stop the development and use of ...

A major industry safety report from 2026 found that several frontier AI labs have recently added restrictions to their systems since they could not rule out that their models might assist novices in ...

Although the government used what was believed to be a harmless bacteria in the demonstration, the faux attack killed at ...

AI Leaders Call for Rules on Synthetic DNA to Limit Bioweapons Risk ...

The development of biological weapons with reliable, predictable effects has proven difficult in the past. Generating militarily efficient and accurate weapons requires considerable skills and ...

Artificial intelligence may help malicious actors develop chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons—but also help defenders head them off, a new Department of Homeland Security report ...

The Director of National Intelligence accused previous administrations of covering up the funding pathways.

A building of the Malek Ashtar University of Technology in Tehran is seen destroyed on a high-resolution satellite image taken on Mar. 4, 2026. (Planet Labs, provided by the Middlebury Institute of ...

There is a well-established principle in security logic that says the most dangerous threat is not the loudest but the most ...

Iran is interested in chemical and biological weapons and has made some inquiries regarding the process of acquiring such weapons, though there is not yet current proof that it is developing or ...