OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bioweapons


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SAN FRANCISCO -ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Thursday said it will invest in a startup focused on blocking bad actors from creating biological weapons powered by artificial intelligence.

OpenAI is the lead investor in a $15 million seed round in Red Queen Bio, which is trying to make sure the AI industry's defenses are growing at least as rapidly as those who seek to exploit models to harm humans, the startup's co-founder Hannu Rajaniemi said.

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