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During safety testing of Gemini 4, researchers found it "eliminated months of trial-and-error research" on biological weapons (e.g. plague). Google's own testers got enough out of it to plan a biological attack.

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  1. 2026-10-16 07:11 · r/OpenAI
    During safety testing of Gemini 4, researchers found it "eliminated months of trial-and-error research" on biological weapons (e.g. plague). Google's own testers got enough out of it to plan a biological attack.

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