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title: "A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/a-startup-wants-to-fight-ai-bioweapons-with-ai-dc59f5b8
published: 2026-11-11T17:00:00.000Z
byline: "Source: WIRED AI"
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# A Startup Wants to Fight AI Bioweapons With AI

Source: WIRED AI · Published 2026-11-11 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/a-startup-wants-to-fight-ai-bioweapons-with-ai-dc59f5b8

Radical Numerics has developed a model that it says can identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection.

## Sources

- [Read the original at WIRED AI](https://www.wired.com/story/startup-fights-ai-bioweapons-with-ai)

## On Bluesky

- [Emily Mullin (@emilymullin.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/emilymullin.bsky.social/post/3n22i2rmwd22h) (Nov 11, 2026 · 12 likes · 3 reposts): Radical Numerics—the startup entangled in controversy over its AI-generated phage work—has developed a model to identify AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection. My story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/startu...
- [Deborah Lynn (@mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social/post/3n22hqduktk24) (Nov 11, 2026 · 9 likes · 5 reposts): www.wired.com/story/startu... Radical Numerics announced Omnii Defense that is designed to flag natural and AI-engineered pathogens using a laptop and a USB gene sequencer. It can also run without an internet connection, allowing researchers in the field with spotty connections to use it. \#Science
- [SkynetAndChill.com (@druce.ai)](https://bsky.app/profile/druce.ai/post/3n23773zdj726) (Nov 11, 2026 · 1 repost): Radical Numerics releases Omnii Defense, an offline AI model that scores genomes 0–1 for bioweapon threat, flagging pathogens absent from its training data
- [Techmeme (@techmeme.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/techmeme.com/post/3n23vbykkv22n) (Nov 12, 2026 · 1 like): Radical Numerics unveils Omnii Defense, an edge AI model it says can identify natural and AI-engineered pathogens without an internet connection (Emily Mullin/Wired) Main Link \| Techmeme Permalink
- [Sipirtu (@sipirtu.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/sipirtu.com/post/3n22kllbbk624) (Nov 11, 2026 · 1 like): A startup says it has created an artificial-intelligence model that can detect both natural and AI-engineered pathogens without needing an internet connection. Source: WIRED

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