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Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons

Chinese AI developer Moonshot is conducting an internal review after researchers were able to persuade two of its popular Kimi models to tell them how to make biological weapons and carry out assassinations.

BBC News7 sources1 min readFiled September 29, 2026

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  1. Digi24Latest
    Un model AI chinez a oferit cercetătorilor informații despre cum să fabrice arme biologice și cum pot fi comise asasinate
  2. BBC Vietnamese
    AI Trung Quốc hướng dẫn các nhà nghiên cứu chế tạo vũ khí sinh học - BBC News Tiếng Việt
  3. BBC Russian
    При проверке китайской модели ИИ на безопасность она рассказала исследователям, как создавать биологическое оружие - BBC News Русская служба
  4. LRT
    Tyrėjai įkalbėjo Kinijos DI modelius papasakoti, kaip kurti biologinius ginklus, žudyti
  5. BBC Turkish
    Yapay zeka , araştırmacılara biyolojik silah üretmeyi anlattı - BBC News Türkçe
  6. BBC Chinese
    月之暗面:中國 AI 工具告訴研究人員如何製造生物武器 - BBC News 中文
  7. BBC NewsBroke it
    Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons

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