A few experts believe that LLMs could already or soon will be able to generate ideas for simple variants of existing pathogens that could be more harmful than those that occur naturally, drawing on published research and other sources. Some experts also believe that LLMs will soon be able to access more specialized, open-source AI biodesign tools and successfully use them to generate a wide range of potential biological designs. In this way, the biosecurity implications of LLMs are linked with the capabilities of AI biodesign tools.
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