AI CEOs push for law to mandate synthetic DNA screening to curb bioweapon risk
OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and other AI leaders signed a public letter urging Congress to require companies that sell synthetic DNA and RNA to screen customers and orders. They argue AI lowers barriers to designing biological weapons, so mandatory screening is needed to protect biosecurity.