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Tencent's AI chief says AI bioweapons are coming, but closing off models isn't the answer

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Tencent's AI chief says AI bioweapons are coming, but closing off models isn't the answer

The Decoder · Nov 9, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC

Tencent chief AI scientist Vinces Yao Shunyu warns that AI will soon be able to develop bioweapons and argues for a middle ground between open and closed models. While safety filters on open-source systems can be easily stripped through abliteration, closed models like Anthropic's Claude often block too aggressively.…