@pdmillett

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Global Governance Forum concludes in Xiong'an New Area; delegates explore how China's tech advances can contribute to global governance - Global Times share.google/yfKxWAdahAIGNRJ…

Global Governance Forum concludes in Xiong'an New Area; delegates explore how China's tech advances...

The 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an), held from October 23 to 25, concluded on Sunday in Xiong'an New Area, North China's Hebei Province, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as a major...

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BBC News - UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqdj…

UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab

The chancellor will unveil AI spending aimed at shoring up the UK's defences in Wednesday's Budget.

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Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/fo…

Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots | TechCrunch

The new startup raised a $215 million round led by Lightspeed.

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UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia – GeekWire share.google/PMllrlN30yr3Pwj…

UW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia

UW’s Institute for Protein Design and Nvidia have released their first jointly developed AI model for creating proteins with specific jobs. The release follows a computing grant from Nvidia CEO...

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Scientists discover migration-mediated mechanism enabling bacteria-virus coexistence share.google/2AMxc6TZTya5cA0…

Scientists discover migration-mediated mechanism enabling bacteria-virus coexistence

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them—known as phages—coexist in soils, oceans and living organisms. Scientists have long thought this coexistence reflects a microscopic version of an evolution...

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America’s new era of private science share.google/PhS6AraDNPfwxy2…

America’s new era of private science

The future of innovation may be research outside universities

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AI-designed proteins can now expand the CRISPR toolbox beyond what evolution has produced. In a recent Science study, researchers report the design of synthetic RNA-guided nucleases that match or exceed the activity of natural enzymes, revealing how structure-guided design can generate functional genome-editing proteins with substantially different sequences. Learn more on #WorldCRISPRDay: scim.ag/4yXBW5c
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Understanding China: How Xi's Thought on Diplomacy is reshaping global order and China-Africa relations share.google/QNM6MRLoKuHwjC9…

Understanding China: How Xi's Thought on Diplomacy is reshaping global order and China-Africa...

By prioritising the collective interests of humanity, this philosophy demonstrates that zero-sum games are a choice, not a destiny

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Start-Up Claims to Use A.I.-Created Viruses to Treat a Patient - The New York Times share.google/TqEsSPALFW1Z8fx…

Start-Up Claims to Use A.I.-Created Viruses to Treat a Patient

Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a virus to attack one patient’s illness.

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Developing | China mulls new tech export bans covering AI, biotech and solar power | South China Morning Post share.google/Px20Gs9iCvvGUHX…

China mulls new tech export bans covering AI, biotechnology and solar power

The proposed restrictions would cover 14 technologies in industries ranging from artificial intelligence to photovoltaic solar power.

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Shifting global focus towards more comprehensive assessment of threats to human health and survival - The Hindu share.google/3OfIK3KEjup8qbG…

Shifting global focus towards more comprehensive assessment of threats to human health and survival

New Lancet Commission report flags 17 interconnected catastrophic threats to health by 2100, urging integrated, policy-driven global action beyond single-issue focus.

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Anthropic taps METR and SecureBio to help assess risks and safety share.google/wMQsdfrZKteh7U6…

Anthropic taps nonprofits METR and SecureBio to help assess risks and safety practices

The company is also engaged in early-stage discussions with other organizations, including Hugging Face.

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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins - Ars Technica share.google/xSb13fsDw2MuM2L…

Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins

AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.

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AI could give terrorists access to bioweapons if guardrails fail, MI5 chief says | ITV News share.google/RbOqsdThANeTAzj…

AI could give terrorists access to bioweapons if guardrails fail, MI5 chief says | ITV News

MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum said the domestic intelligence agency is now devoting more resources to countering state threats than in the Cold War. | ITV National News

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Opinion | We Need an Operation Warp Speed for New Biological Threats - The New York Times share.google/96OHudcSPbi9tPL…

Opinion | We Aren’t Ready for the New Age of Biological Threats

This is a hair-on-fire moment for the biosecurity community.

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AI’s quiet safety gatekeepers are stepping into the spotlight share.google/JFbHA1eTSBpNCAI…

AI’s quiet safety gatekeepers are stepping into the spotlight

The intensifying AI safety debate is bringing a small group of third-party evaluators into the center of a multitrillion-dollar industry.

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Zuckerberg's Biohub teams with Google in push to map cells share.google/h1Sir6Zh0mBvRxh…

"The beginning of a new scientific paradigm": Zuckerberg's Biohub, U.S. and Google build virtual...

Zuckerberg's $1.8B AI project seeking to build a virtual cell.

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Congratulations to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, for the landmark achievement of receiving authorization to undertake clinical trials for #Brazil’s first domestically developed mRNA vaccine.  This milestone reflects Brazil’s scientific excellence and growing leadership in health innovation. Fiocruz is also the first partner in @WHO’s Global mRNA Technology Transfer Programme to advance an mRNA product to clinical trials.  WHO remains committed to working closely with Brazil and our partners to strengthen local and regional mRNA manufacturing capacities, expand equitable access to vaccines and other medical countermeasures, and build a more resilient future for health in Brazil, the region, and beyond. fiocruz.br/en/news/2026/09/f…
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Living skin on a robot - ScienceDirect share.google/yB6WIOwyKjBmriy…
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Mirror life is dangerous. Regulators must act before it becomes real share.google/Z0OSAaD9QSVbjzn…

Mirror life is dangerous. Regulators must act before it becomes real

Playing catch-up with the technology is not an option

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