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Stanford microbiologist and biosecurity expert; advisor to the U.S. federal government on biological weapons threats
It was answering questions that I hadn't thought to ask it, with this level of deviousness and cunning that I just found chilling.
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AI Verified Verified: the Inc.com source URL, dated April 29, 2026, contains the exact sentence — “It was answering questions that I hadn’t thought to ask it, with this level of deviousness and cunning that I just found chilling” — and attributes it to “Dr. David Relman told the Times.” A separate report reproduces the same wording as “said Relman,” confirming the attribution. This supports that the quote is real, verbatim aside from straight/curly apostrophe normalization, correctly attributed to David Relman, and from 2026. ([inc.com](https://www.inc.com/chloe-aiello/deviousness-and-cunning-scientists-reveal-chilling-results-of-ai-bioweapon-stress-test/91337841)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote confirmed via web search of the Inc.com article (the source URL) and corroborated across multiple outlets reporting the original New York Times story (April/May 2026). The page returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but the exact passage "It was answering questions that I hadn't thought to ask it, with this level of deviousness and cunning that I just found chilling" was corroborated verbatim and attributed to Dr. David Relman. Author attribution correct (Stanford microbiologist and biosecurity expert, federal advisor on biological weapons threats; he red-teamed an unnamed AI company's chatbot, which produced detailed bioweapon/mass-casualty instructions). Year 2026 correct. Vote "for" aligns with statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" — Relman's alarm concerns AI enabling mass-casualty/genocidal biological weapons, a catastrophic/existential threat to humanity. Note: the quote focuses specifically on AI-enabled bioweapon misuse rather than a general existential-risk framing, but it squarely supports the "for" direction. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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