OpenAI models for biology

Introducing the OpenAI Podcast—a series of conversations with the people shaping AI. @sama joins @andrewmayne on the first episode to talk about AGI, (wen) GPT-5, privacy, and what comes next. pic.x.com/THQOWn8rDw

This is an issue that gets surprisingly little attention @OpenAI is right to warn us There is a whole new generation of biological weapons coming And we are doing way too little to counter it www.axios.com/2025/06/18/openai-bioweapons-risk

OpenAI published "Preparing for future AI capabilities in biology", describing their approach to responsibly advancing biological capabilities, collaborating with external domain experts including government entities and national labs, and training models to safely handle pic.x.com/WGcxjAZWGp

maybe, um --- hear me out here-- we should also be strengthening our global disease surveillance and pandemic response capabilities OpenAI warns models with higher bioweapons risk are imminent www.axios.com/2025/06/18/openai-bioweapons-risk