Chinese AI shared bioweapon instructions

by Shannon Vallor Reposted by Charles West, Alan Richardson

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Shannon Vallor

@shannonvallor.bsky.social

So glad that this quote can be added to my forthcoming article on AI and Epistemic Dispossession because I had to say that they will absolutely be using AI to erase science and history but I didn’t yet have the ‘he admit it’ smoking gun

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

Eugenics 🤝 ai

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

September 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM

by Robert B. Reich

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives.

See the problem here?

OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

www.nytimes.com

September 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM

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by Andrés Guadamuz

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Andres Guadamuz

@technollama.bsky.social

There's a crowded-yet-limited anti-AI market. The book story was their only real breakthrough in recent times, it must feel like they have to double down at this point.

September 30, 2026 at 3:17 PM

by Robert B. Reich

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials.

Everything is for sale.

This is worth a read: https://www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was-coming-then-trump-killed-it/

AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.

After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest

www.levernews.com

September 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM

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Arthur Charpentier

@freakonometrics.bsky.social

Reading about concerns over academics being used to spy on AI research www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-... Which would be slightly ironic in our case... Our papers are on arXiv. Our code is on GitHub. Our slides are online. Espionage seems like an unnecessarily complicated way to access our research.

UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research

Britain's MI5 spy agency issued an unprecedented alert on Wednesday to warn that a Chinese organisation was involved in funding academic research into topics such as AI on behalf ‌of Beijing's state ...

www.reuters.com

September 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM

by Alan Richardson

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Alan Richardson

@alanrichardson.bsky.social

AI is sent from Silicon Valley to destroy all knowledge and thus all humanity

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

Eugenics 🤝 ai

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

September 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM

by Joanna Bryson

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Joanna Bryson

@j2bryson.bsky.social

That’s what Boeing promised Bush II they would do. And managed to for almost 20 years before major accidents. How long has big tech been around?

#digitalGovernance #AIEthics

Trump says AI companies agree to 'self-police'

Donald Trump said the US won't "stifle" the development of AI, which he sees as "bigger than the Industrial Revolution." The agreement comes amid mounting concerns over AI safety after recent hacking ...

www.dw.com

September 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM

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David Kaye

@davidakaye.bsky.social

the appropriate way to convey this is that trump, musk, huang, amodei, zuck, altman, bezos & pichai agree to maintain a system of impunity for AI harms.

Donald Trump says US tech bosses agreed to ‘self-regulation’ of AI risks

President says chief executives have signed a ‘morally binding’ accord following White House lunch

giftarticle.ft.com

September 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM

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Andres Guadamuz

@technollama.bsky.social

There was no negative attitude towards "AI slop", most found memes funny, and had shared AI stuff. Biggest concern was deepfakes by far, this one has really filtered through to their consciousness.

September 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM

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Margot Finn

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See similarly 'History repeatedly demonstrates that the most transformative scientific advances arise from unexpected observations rather than predetermined predictions.' www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scientific culture in the age of AI - Nature Cell Biology

Recent changes in Genentech’s scientific organization, occurring as the company makes artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly central to its research strategy, highlight a broader question facing bi...

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September 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM

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Orin Kerr

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Debates over legal liability for AI agents always remind me a bit of the early spring gun cases, like Bird v. Holbrook, 30 E.R. 911 (C.P. 1828). AI is new in a lot of ways, but the issue of legal liability for harms conducted by machines programmed to act on their own is not the new part.

September 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM

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by Graham Webster

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Graham Webster

@gwbstr.com

Reporter (roughly): What's up with the US calling AI "superintelligence"?

Chinese spox (roughly): The two leaders talked about "artificial intelligence." We respect the US side's "formulation."

(A "formulation"/提法 is what they call the CCP set terms, like socialism with Chinese characteristics...)

外交部发言人就人工智能问题答记者问
2026-09-26 18:20

【中大小】打印

问：我们注意到，美方在介绍此次访问成果时，使用“超级智能”代替“人工智能”。请问中方有何评论？
答：中美元首会晤时，就人工智能问题进行了深入讨论。关于人工智能表述问题，中方重视美方的立场，也尊重美方的提法。人工智能技术正在持续发展，各方可以结合最新形势，加强交流、深入探讨、寻求共识。

September 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM

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Steve Herman

@newsguy.bsky.social

Chinese AI developer Moonshot is conducting an internal review after researchers were able to persuade two of its popular Kimi models to tell them how to make biological weapons and carry out assassinations. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmr...