Malicious useCenter for AI Safety§2.1

AI makes biological weapons easier to build

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The warning

AI with knowledge of bioengineering could help people create dangerous pathogens and lower the barriers to obtaining them.

Paraphrased from the paper. Source: An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks, Center for AI Safety, Section 2.1, page 7.

What the registry shows

No verified case in the registry. A security registry would only see this if an attempt were reported publicly, so absence here is weak evidence.

No verified case file matches this warning.

Status history

Date	Status	Matching case files	Change
Oct 18, 2026	Nothing on record yet	0	Tracking starts

Tracked since Oct 18, 2026. A line is added when the status changes, when the first real-world case is linked, and once a month, so the record shows when a warning moved from research to reality. research_history.json

All matching case files

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Other warnings in this group

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Seen in real incidents People's trust in AI companions turns harmful
Early signs AI helps a few concentrate power through surveillance

Research vs reality →

How we match: a case file is linked to a warning when what happened is a real-world instance of the risk the paper describes, judged by the editors from the facts in the case file. A match means the case fits the warning, not that it proves the paper's wider argument. Allegations in lawsuits are labelled as allegations. Statuses are editorial and reviewed as new cases arrive. The matching is recomputed on every update. Data: Systematic coverage in the registry starts in 2025, so a first-case date shows when the registry first recorded the risk, not when it first happened. research.json (CC BY 4.0)