AI is eroding the barriers that kept biological weapons rare A genetic blueprint created by AI can become an actual pathogen in weeks

https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/28/ai-bioweapons-pathogens-guardrails-policy-warning/ By Ashish K. JhaSept. 28, 2026 Jha, a former White House Covid-19 response coordinator, is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also co-founder and CEO of BioRadar, a public benefit company that builds systems to detect biological threats.