Over 100 researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, and more call for guardrails on some infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses
- The White House's Genesis Mission — announced in late 2025 — aims to build AI systems trained on massive scientific datasets to speed research breakthroughs.
Yikes! — Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, Stanford, Columbia and NYU are calling for guardrails on certain infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses. — www.axios.com/2026/02/17/a...