The AI security ecosystem is overly focused on preventing pandemic-level attacks, creating a dangerous blind spot.

The next great biological threat may not begin in a wet market, a jungle, or a laboratory accident. It may begin on a laptop ...

On Aug. 17, the Department of Defense released its updated Biodefense Posture Review designed to achieve “a resilient total force that deters the use of bioweapons, rapidly responds to natural ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Artificial intelligence has the potential to unlock secrets to the development of weapons of mass destruction, particularly chemical and ...

For as deadly as the coronavirus pandemic was, the next one could be more nightmarish. Powerful new artificial-intelligence models, combined with novel lab tools, could soon enable rogue scientists or ...

Correcting the Biden preparedness failure demands more than just good intentions today. Thankfully, the Trump team has taken ...

Oct. 5 -- For combatants who lack the money to spend on high-tech killing instruments, biological weapons offer grisly appeal. They are cheap, easy to make, and simple to conceal — and, since Sept. 11 ...

The investment in Biopreparat reflected a Soviet calculus that biological agents could provide asymmetrical leverage against the West. In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a ...

A joint hazard assessment team member takes hazmat readings in a simulated hot zone during Kauai County Exercise 2017 at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, on Aug. 29, 2017. (Hawaii ...

The development of biological weapons with reliable, predictable effects has proven difficult in the past. Generating militarily efficient and accurate weapons requires considerable skills and ...