Cathy Gwin
Senior Director, Communications
A statement by Jaime M. Yassif, PhD, vice president, NTI Global Biological Policy and Programs.
NTI | bio convened a workshop on “Disincentivizing State Bioweapons Development and Use” a week ahead of the Biological Weapons Convention Working Group meetings in Geneva, Switzerland.
NTI | bio hosted a lunchtime event on Capitol Hill to discuss how Congress and other decisionmakers can take action to mitigate emerging risks associated with AI-bio capabilities.
Amid significant advances in artificial intelligence (AI), a new NTI | bio report recommends urgent action and oversight by governments, industry, and the scientific community to reduce risks associated with AI-enabled capabilities to engineer living systems.
Jaime Yassif called on government leaders to take urgent steps to strengthen biosafety and biosecurity policy and practices during a hearing convened by the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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