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Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis urge Congress to mandate biosecurity screening for synthetic DNA orders

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They warn AI lowers barriers to biological weapon development.

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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

6:36 PM · Jun 3, 2026

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Positive users praise AI leaders as thoughtful for urging Congress to mandate synthetic nucleic acid screening as a biosecurity signal, while negative users call it stupid, hypocritical, or a big-tech scam.

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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@Noahpinion·2hQuote tweet
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_·4hView on
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and many others have signed a letter urging Congress to increase security on orders of synthetic nucleic acids - and the equipment needed to make them - as models continue to become increasingly bio-capable.