From releasing pathogens to nuclear weapons: How AI could end humanity in less than five years - THE LONGER READ: As tech insiders sound fresh alarms about artificial superintelligence, Chris ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warns that artificial intelligence is advancing faster than he expected and already presents serious risks, including cyberattacks, bioterrorism, and psychological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In between the Boston Marathon bombings and the devastating explosion in West, Texas, last week, Americans also heard about the ...

Bioterrorism agents are pathogenic organisms or biological toxins that have the potential to cause disease and death in humans, animals, or plants. While these pathogens may not pose a threat to ...

It usually isn’t news to report when something didn’t happen, but in this case, it is worth noting: 2013 ended and there still hasn’t been a terrorist attack on America using weapons of mass ...

It took only one anthrax-related death in faraway Florida to convince Lawrence Township district officials that they needed to buffer their Indianapolis-area schools against biological terrorism.

In her landmark report on U.S. bioterrorism preparedness, she interviewed several physicians who said that half their staff would "run for the hills" if an incident occurred. She advocates first ...