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Claim Text: Even then, Mr. Olah had begun privately telling people that A.I. was so powerful it could potentially help make bioweapons in as little as 12 or 18 months.
Simplified Text: By April 2026, Christopher Olah had privately stated that AI could potentially assist in creating bioweapons within 12 to 18 months.
Confidence Score: 1.000
Claim Maker: The author
Context Type: News Article
Context Details: { "date": "2026-04", "person": "Christopher Olah", "organization": "Anthropic" }
Subject Tags: Risk AI Bioweapons
UUID: f4ddc393-6c5e-42b4-8c29-f3de9ba79f72
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Created: September 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM (2 weeks ago)
Last Updated: September 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM (2 weeks ago)

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“To be clear,” Christopher Olah told me, “we don’t know if A.I. models are conscious. I don’t know. I’m genuinely uncertain. The thing that I care about is that we get to the right answer, whatever it is.”

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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html

To be clear Christopher Olah told me we don t know if A I models are conscious I don t know I m genuinely uncertain The thing that I care

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