Clarifying our current engagement with Anthropic, and how we approach independence and publication rights in our work with AI developers.

A common argument for downplaying the threat of deliberate biological misuse is that “nature is the worst bioterrorist”. In our latest blog, we argue that nature is the baseline, not the ceiling. Optimization for harm could produce something worse than a natural pandemic. Read more: securebio.substack.com/p/nat…