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Bioinfohazards: Jassi Pannu on Controlling Dangerous Data from which AI Models Learn

2026-03-11 · 103 min · 18 entities

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Jassi Pannu, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins, explains how rapidly advancing AI is transforming biological research and raising the risk of engineered pandemics. They map today’s biosecurity landscape, from pathogen detection and DNA sequencing to vaccine development, and examine how frontier models can already troubleshoot lab work and bypass data safeguards. The conversation introduces a proposed Biosecurity Data Level framework to restrict only the most dangerous functional biological data while preserving open science. They close with a broader defense-in-depth strategy—Delay, Deter, Detect, Defend—including DNA synthesis screening, global pathogen surveillance, and practical tools like Far UV sterilization. LINKS: Jassi Pannu: https://x.com/JassiPannuMD Science article that prompted this conversation: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb2689 Sponsors: VCX: VCX, by Fundrise, is the public ticker for private tech, giving everyday investors access to high-growth private companies in AI, space, defense tech, and more. Learn how to invest at https://getvcx.com Framer: Framer is an enterprise-grade website builder that lets business teams design, launch, and optimize their.com with AI-powered wireframing, real-time collaboration, and built-in analytics. Start building for free and get 30% off a Framer Pro annual plan at https://framer.com/cognitive Claude: Claude is the AI collaborator that understands your entire workflow, from drafting and research to coding and complex problem-solving. Start tackling bigger problems with Claude and unlock Claude Pro’s full capabilities at https://claude.ai/tcr Tasklet: Tasklet is an AI agent that automates your work 24/7; just describe what you want in plain English and it gets the job done. Try it for free and use code COGREV for 50% off your first month at https://tasklet.ai CHAPTERS: (00:00) About the Episode (05:59) From outbreak to vaccine (17:08) Threat actors and data (Part 1) (21:23) Sponsors: VCX | Framer (23:53) Threat actors and data (Part 2) (31:05) Gain-of-function research risks (Part 1) (37:39) Sponsors: Claude | Tasklet (41:03) Gain-of-function research risks (Part 2) (48:05) AI models in biology (01:00:51) Dangerous AI capabilities (01:07:59) Biosecurity data level framework (01:18:58) Policy, governance, and infrastructure (01:28:53) Defense in depth vision (01:40:43) Episode Outro (01:45:02) Outro PRODUCED BY: https://aipodcast.ing