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Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides

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Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides

The Decoder · Jul 26, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC

In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information.…