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‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons - video

ScienceBy Presented by Ian Sample , produced by Madeleine Finlay and Jacob Liebenberg , graphics by Elliot Ellis , the executive producer was Ellie BuryOct 20, 2026, 12:14 PM
‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons - video
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PUBLISHEDOct 20, 2026, 12:14 PM
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In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, MI5 , warned that AI had the potential to ‘change the stakes’ on existing and even new bioweapons.

To find out why, and how, Ian Sample speaks to Dr Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He explains what has governments so worried and…

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