A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to discover a zero day" vulnerability in the biosecurity systems used to prevent the misuse of DNA. These screening systems are designed to stop people from purchasing genetic sequences that could be used to create deadly toxins or pathogens. But now researchers led by Microsoft's chief...

This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Microsoft says AI can create zero day" threats in biology A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to discover a zero day" vulnerability in the biosecurity systems used to prevent the...