Tal Feldman

Since computational infrastructure is largely open-access, decentralized, and global, regulatory chokepoints are limited. Export controls may delay access to high-performance computing, but they are unlikely to prevent the use of open-source models fine-tuned on public data. Access restrictions on commercial platforms can be circumvented by running models locally. In this environment, prevention cannot be the United States’s only strategy. Open-source PLMs are already circulating globally, making it increasingly easy for malicious actors to create pathogens. As with cybersecurity, resilience—not containment—must become the cornerstone of national biosecurity policy. (2025) source Unverified