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Hashmarks: Privacy-Preserving Benchmarks for High-Stakes AI Evaluation [PDF]
There is a growing need to gain insight into language model capabilities that relate to sensitive topics, such as bioterrorism or cyberwarfare. However, traditional open source benchmarks are not fit for the task, due to the associated practice of publishing the correct answers in human-readable form.
arxiv
Bioterrorism agents that can be easily transmitted with high mortality rates and cause debilitating diseases pose major threats to national security and public health.
Yuchen Fan, J. Moon
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Nipah virus vector sequences in COVID-19 patient samples sequenced by the Wuhan Institute of Virology [PDF]
We report the detection of Nipah virus in an infectious clone format, a BSL4-level pathogen and CDC-designated Bioterrorism Agent, in raw RNA-Seq sequencing reads deposited by the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) produced from five December 2019 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.
arxiv
The Analysis of Risk and Likelihood of Bioterrorism Attacks on Urban Water Infrastructure [PDF]
Access to safe and sustainable water is one of the most urgent needs of citizens in all societies, particularly large cities and metropolises, and any disruption to the functioning of water infrastructure in cities, poses immediate and serious threat to ...
zahra nasimi+2 more
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BIOTERRORISM: THE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS REGULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The biological weapon used as a terrorism facility (bioterrorism) could endanger the lives of mankind. Besides its purpose of mass destruction, this weapon has been banned from being used towards the human.
Yaksa Elyasa
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Planning against Biological Terrorism: Lessons from Outbreak Investigations
We examined outbreak investigations conducted around the world from 1988 to 1999 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service.
David A. Ashford+8 more
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Background and purpose Bioterrorism is a global threat. Nurses are one of the first groups that should be ready for it. College years are the best time to educate these issues.
Mahsa Ghahremani+3 more
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An Overview on Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is the deliberate or threatened use of biological agents; viruses, bacteria, toxins or other agents to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.
M. Pal+5 more
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Abstract There are two separate conceptualizations for assessing existential risks: Planetary Boundaries (PBs) and global catastrophic risks (GCRs). While these concepts are similar in principle, their underpinning literatures tend not to engage with each other.
Eoin McLaughlin, Matthias Beck
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Animals as Sentinels of Bioterrorism Agents
We conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature from 1966 to 2005 to determine whether animals could provide early warning of a bioterrorism attack, serve as markers for ongoing exposure risk, and amplify or propagate a bioterrorism ...
Peter Rabinowitz+6 more
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