The groundbreaking immunology research behind two Nobel Prizes awarded this week traces back to a largely forgotten biotech ...

Microsoft researchers discovered a "zero-day" vulnerability in biosecurity screening software using AI, allowing for the potential bypass of protections against DNA misuse for creating toxins. While ...

To understand, you have to know a bit more about both existing biosurveillance programs and the capabilities of AI-designed proteins. Biological threats come in a variety of forms. Some are pathogens, ...

Software King of the World, Microsoft, famous for its zero-days, now says it has discovered one in DNA biosecurity systems. A team led by Microsoft chief scientist Eric Horvitz have emerged from their ...

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Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls. A team at Microsoft says it used artificial ...

AI tools are being used to design proteins and even viruses, leading to fears these could eventually be used to evade ...

Later this month, Microsoft will start automatically installing the Microsoft 365 companion apps on Windows 11 devices that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. According to Microsoft, this ...

Satya Nadella is only the third CEO Microsoft has had in its 50 years of existence, which is mind-blowing when you think about it. Back in 2017, when he was still only a few years into his role at the ...

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Forensic tests confirmed that human remains found on a remote mountain in Washington state this month were those of a former soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young ...