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title: "Tencent Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu says AI's bio abilities will soon make it \"possible to do harm\" and Anthropic has a \"strong argument\" for closed models (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/tencent-chief-ai-scientist-yao-shunyu-says-ais-bio-abilities-will-soon-e16f02b6
published: 2026-11-09T03:15:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Tencent Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu says AI's bio abilities will soon make it "possible to do harm" and Anthropic has a "strong argument" for closed models (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-09 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/tencent-chief-ai-scientist-yao-shunyu-says-ais-bio-abilities-will-soon-e16f02b6

Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post : Tencent Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu says AI's bio abilities will soon make it "possible to do harm" and Anthropic has a "strong argument" for closed models — Artificial intelligence models will soon be powerful enough to master biology, presenting both benefits and serious risks …

In this story: [Tencent](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/tencent), [Anthropic](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/anthropic), [AI Safety](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-safety)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261108/p21#a261108p21)

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