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Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides

Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides

In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information. The article Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes…

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