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Should we be scared of AI viruses?

BBC Inside Science by BBC

Aug 13, 202626:28Religion & Spirituality

The extreme possibilities of synthetic biology hit the headlines last week, when researchers at Stanford University in the US announced they had created new kinds of viruses designed by Artificial Intelligence. Roland Pe...

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Should we be scared of AI viruses? is an episode from BBC Inside Science by BBC. The extreme possibilities of synthetic biology hit the headlines last week, when researchers at Stanford University in the US announced they had created new ki...

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Published Aug 13, 2026, 26:28 long, audio available.