In the Media
Videos, Podcasts, Articles, and other media related to SecureDNA, featuring various members of our team, including Dr. Benjamin Mueller of our Advisory Board, and previous Academic Advisor Professor Kevin Esvelt.
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2023) - Frontiers Forum Live "Safeguarding exponential biology" Timestamp 9:59
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2023) - EAG Boston 23 "Screening all DNA synthesis and reliably detecting stealth pandemics"
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2023) - Fortnight Institute "Securing Global DNA Synthesis and LLMs Against Risky Hazards"
Prof. Kevin Esvelt, Dr. Robert S. Pope (2023) - Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense "Informing Blueprint 2.0: Know the Enemy" Timestamp 46:00
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2023) - Xapiens at MIT Pandemics, Gene Drives, Existential Threats"
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2022) - EAG Boston 22 "Delay, Detect, Defend: Preparing for a World in which Thousands Can Unleash New Pandemics"
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2021) - Foo Camp "Let's not learn to make pandemics"
Prof. Kevin Esvelt (2020) EAGX Asia-Pacific 2020 - "Mitigating catastrophic biorisks"
Senate Committee Wrestles With Risks and Benefits of Virus Research - (2024) - medpagetoday.com
It shouldn’t be easy to buy synthetic DNA fragments to recreate the 1918 flu virus - Kevin Esvelt (2024) - statnews.com
Brussels should know AI-assisted bioterrorism is a risk worth considering - Kevin Esvelt, Benjamin Mueller (2023) - euronews.com
The DNA of Deadly Pathogens Is Easy to Obtain - (2023)- Mother Jones
Experts debate the risks of made-to-order DNA (2022) - ars Technica
Delay, Detect, Defend: Preparing for a Future in which Thousands Can Release New Pandemics - Kevin Esvelt (2022) - Geneva Paper 29/22
Kevin Esvelt wants to make the world safe from — and for — biotechnology - (2022) - Vox.com
How a deliberate pandemic could crush societies and what to do about it - Kevin Esvelt (2022) - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Manipulating viruses and risking pandemics is too dangerous. It’s time to stop. - Kevin Esvelt (2021) - The Washington Post (op-ed)
Safety, Security, and Independent Oversight of Research in the Life Sciences - Senate Testimony of Professor Kevin M. Esvelt (2024) - Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Preventing Catastrophe: Immunizing our civilization against catastrophic biological threats - The Sculpting Evolution Group, MIT
Pandemic virus prediction and the proliferation of accessible weapons of mass destruction - Congressional Testimony of Professor Kevin M. Esvelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021) - House Foreign Affairs Committee
Listen: A conversation with researcher Kevin Esvelt on the urgency of improving biosecurity measures - (2024) - First Opinion Podcast Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives - (2023) - 80,000 hours podcast
The Risks of Manufactured Viruses - (2023) - Talking Biotech
Preparing for a World in which Thousands Can Unleash New Pandemics, EAGxBoston 22 - (2022) - EA Talks
Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink on Risks from Biological Research - (2022) - Hear This Idea
Mitigating catastrophic biorisks - (2021) - EA Talks
Dangerous biological research – is it worth it? - (2021) - Rationally Speaking
EAGxVirtual 2020: Mitigating catastrophic biorisks - (2020) - EA Talks