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Mashup Score: 15Republicans and Democrats investigating the origins of COVID-19 find a common target: Peter Daszak - 6 day(s) ago
In a congressional COVID origins investigation that mostly sees Republicans and Democrats divided, both parties had ample criticism for the chief of a US-funded nonprofit that funneled money for controversial coronavirus research to a lab in Wuhan, China.
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Pretend ‘bad guys’ can help spot ways AI could be used to create biological threats. But only if done right.
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“so far there have been no reported biological misuse examples involving AI..that have recently filled news headlines. This lack of real-world wrongdoing prevents direct evaluation of the changing threat landscape at the intersection of AI and biology” https://t.co/jLWsUrUf5k
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Mashup Score: 4How the Biological Weapons Convention could verify treaty compliance - 2 month(s) ago
While chemical and nuclear weapons treaties have systems to verify compliance, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), a global pact banning bioweapons, does not. Now, as technologies such as genome editing and AI converge and accelerate, placing powerful capabilities in the hands of a growing number of actors, treaty members are once again discussing the topic of verifying compliance with the treaty.
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How the Biological Weapons Convention could verify treaty compliance - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists via Dr. @RevillJames https://t.co/GHjaPfBeBU
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Mashup Score: 35Climate change fueled a rise in rare disease outbreaks last year - 4 month(s) ago
The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught U.S. communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.
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Climate change fueled a rise in rare disease outbreaks last year https://t.co/3hIYJFCVmi via @BulletinAtomic
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Mashup Score: 289A new study reports 309 lab acquired infections and 16 pathogen lab escapes between 2000 and 2021 - 5 month(s) ago
A new study reported 309 laboratory-acquired or -associated infections between 2000 and 2021 and 16 instances of a pathogen “escaping” from a laboratory setting. These figures could be the “tip of the iceberg,” the authors write.
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A new report in the journal “The Lancet Microbe” provides details on 309 lab acquired infections and 16 times that pathogens escaped from labs between the years 2000 and 2021 h/t @syramadad https://t.co/FWar90lCud
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Mashup Score: 2Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - 6 month(s) ago
It is 90 seconds to midnight.
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When you discover that the Doomsday Clock from #Watchmen... really exists! And it doesn't back down... #DoomsdayClock 🕙☢️ #Atomic https://t.co/0WHFNoba8X https://t.co/azMUGtVZV7
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Mashup Score: 6Building information resilience to reinforce arms control - 9 month(s) ago
Disinformation campaigns undermine arms control regimes and norms. Here are five ways to build information resilience and spread truthful information that prevents lies from taking root.
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“A community that is well-informed and able to discern fact from fiction will be more resilient because fabricated information is less readily accepted and spread as fact, minimizing its disruptive power.” https://t.co/9U6qOwK8Du
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“‘It’s possible perhaps that you’re framing issues in a way that is most favorable to you and less so in a way that’s confronting the science at any given moment. And that is just a concern,’” the counsel for the subcommittee’s Democrats told Daszak.” https://t.co/s2XWB4tUbr