{"id":25532,"date":"2026-10-20T04:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T04:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:37:17","slug":"these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018These risks are real\u2019: the threat of AI bioweapons \u2013 podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK\u2019s intelligence service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/mi5\">MI5<\/a>, warned that AI had the potential to \u2018change the stakes\u2019 on existing and even new bioweapons. To find out why, and how, Ian Sample speaks to Dr Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He explains what has governments so worried and what measures could be put in place to reduce the risks<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/14\/could-ai-change-the-stakes-in-the-development-of-bioweapons\">Could AI \u2018change the stakes\u2019 in the development of bioweapons?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Support the Guardian: <a href=\"http:\/\/theguardian.com\/sciencepod\">theguardian.com\/sciencepod<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/audio\/2026\/oct\/20\/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a79e23d080eb53cbc53f3416c637200ed693036a\/366_0_3656_2924\/master\/3656.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dce4153855fac7c63fec4cbb0cedb5fb\" title=\"\u2018These risks are real\u2019: the threat of AI bioweapons \u2013 podcast\" \/>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 \u2018change the stakes\u2019 on existing and even new bioweapons. To find out why, and how, Ian Sample speaks to Dr Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He explains what has governments so worried and what measures could be put in place to reduce the risks<br \/>\nCould AI \u2018change the stakes\u2019 in the development of bioweapons?<br \/>\nSupport the Guardian: theguardian.com\/sciencepod Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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 \u2018change the stakes\u2019 on existing and even new bioweapons. To find out why, and how, Ian Sample speaks to Dr Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/these-risks-are-real-the-threat-of-ai-bioweapons-podcast\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018These risks are real\u2019: the threat of AI bioweapons \u2013 podcast<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25533,"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\/25532"}],"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=25532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}