
We asked Kathleen McMahon (ex-Head of Life Sciences at @PalantirTech) about the current state of biodefense. "Two things changed recently." "Our ability to edit genomes with tools like CRISPR and AI uplift (e.g. bio-specific language models) now allows novices to create something nature has never seen." "This isn't science fiction. Internal safety trials showed that AI could guide people into making dangerous pathogens."














