{"id":25448,"date":"2026-10-14T17:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/could-ai-change-the-stakes-in-the-development-of-bioweapons\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:37:22","slug":"could-ai-change-the-stakes-in-the-development-of-bioweapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/could-ai-change-the-stakes-in-the-development-of-bioweapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Could AI \u2018change the stakes\u2019 in the development of bioweapons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain<\/p>\n<p>In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK\u2019s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI had the potential to \u201cchange the stakes\u201d on existing and even new bioweapons. Here we look at how AI might help in the development of bioweapons and the hurdles that remain.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/14\/could-ai-change-the-stakes-in-the-development-of-bioweapons\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dee8ec9d41a7f5522c622af9e1e3f43d78c6d567\/128_0_3591_2872\/master\/3591.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0eb213696fefadfa8aa1b5efe3b0c05e\" title=\"Could AI \u2018change the stakes\u2019 in the development of bioweapons?\" \/>Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain<br \/>\nIn his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK\u2019s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI had the potential to \u201cchange the stakes\u201d on existing and even new bioweapons. Here we look at how AI might help in the development of bioweapons and the hurdles that remain. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remain In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK\u2019s intelligence service, MI5, warned that AI had the potential to \u201cchange the stakes\u201d on existing and even new bioweapons. Here we &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/could-ai-change-the-stakes-in-the-development-of-bioweapons\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Could AI \u2018change the stakes\u2019 in the development of bioweapons?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}