Scott Weathers

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[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@NatPurser @AlecStapp @Miles_Brundage @AVERIorg Congrats!

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@AlexBores Thank you for everything you’ve done!

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@JanikaSchmitt Love to see it

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

No one should be able to order a bioweapon through the mail.

@IFP & @JoinFAI are proud to co-lead an open letter calling for mandatory DNA synthesis screening & recordkeeping.

Signatories include:

- Sam Altman, CEO & Co-Founder, OpenAI

- Dario Amodei, CEO & Co-Founder, Anthropic

- David Baker, Director, Institute for Protein Design; 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient

- Patrick Collison, CEO & Co-Founder, Stripe

- Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator

- Demis Hassabis, CEO, Google DeepMind; 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient

- Emily Leproust, CEO & Co-Founder, Twist Bioscience

- Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

- Gerald W. Parker, former Special Assistant to the President for Biosecurity and Pandemic Response

- Mustafa Suleyman, CEO, Microsoft AI

- Alex Tabarrok, Professor of Economics, George Mason University

- Alexandr Wang, Chief AI Officer, Meta; Founder, Scale AI

- Christine E. Wormuth, President & CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative; 25th Secretary of the Army

Read the letter and see the full list of signatories: https://t.co/BwZiJXw3JT

Many DNA synthesis companies voluntarily screen orders to mitigate biosecurity risks, but no law requires them to do so.

Leaders in AI, biotech, life sciences, national security, and the nucleic acid synthesis industry agree that Congress should act to strengthen safeguards against biological threats.

@deanwball put it well in the WSJ:

“If you’re synthesizing the stuff that yields biological life and viruses, we’re asking you to screen to see whether it is dangerous in some way. That seems like a reasonable thing for society to insist upon.”

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@AlecStapp @IFP @JoinFAI Let’s gooo 🚀🚀🚀

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@JacobTref Congrats!

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@rSanti97 @AlecStapp Congrats!!

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

LIVE NOW: AI Biosecurity Panel

Tune in as leading experts, including the author of recent research from Microsoft, discuss new biosecurity loopholes in the AI era.

https://t.co/vHJqO2gssP

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@dylanmatt @open_phil @mattsclancy @jddwor Wow congrats!

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

AI is advancing faster than biosecurity practices.

Next week, join ARI and leading experts, including an author of Microsoft's latest study, to discuss the widening gap between AI’s bio capabilities and security practices.

🗓 Oct 29 | 3–4PM ET
🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/AS2Me49F07

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@AlexBores Let’s go Alex 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@AlexBores 🚀🚀🚀

[Scowcroft Institute @ScowcroftTAMU]

On September 29, we heard from @deanwball, @DrNealDunnFL2, and @DrGerryParker about why screening nucleic acid synthesis orders for sequences of dangerous pathogens is a priority for national security and innovation.

Thanks to @sctwea and @americans4ri for partnering with us!

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

The same AI tools advancing medicine could also help create deadly pathogens.

@SenatorHassan highlights the urgent need for biosecurity reform after researchers found AI-generated proteins bypassed safety screening. Innovation must come with safeguards.

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

America's AI Action Plan author on nucleic acid synthesis screening: biotech's promise is real, but innovation requires thoughtful oversight.

@deanwball (@joinfai) and @sctwea on why robust screening builds trust and lets American biotech flourish.

Thanks @tamu for co-hosting!

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

AI law preemption is the sequel to Section 230 that nobody asked for.

In a new op-ed for Tech Policy Press, @bradrcarson writes that preemption doubles down on the same old mistakes, shielding Big Tech from accountability as new online harms emerge:
https://t.co/e67v92sLzj

[Dean W. Ball @deanwball]

This is an amazing and awe-inspiring moment!

It also raises concerns, naturally.

Now would be a great time for the federal government to release a new policy framework for the firms that produce synthetic nucleic acids!

🤞

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

@AlexBores Congrats Alex!

[Scott Weathers @sctwea]

Excited to join the team!

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

Join us in welcoming Scott Weathers to the ARI team! @Sctwea has joined as an Associate Director of Government Affairs.

Scott was previously a policy advisor to Rep. Diana DeGette and a legislative assistant to Rep. Julia Brownley.

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

NEW: @MarshaBlackburn joins the growing number of Republican Senators opposing the House budget reconciliation text that would preempt state AI laws for 10 years.

Last year, Tennessee passed the ELVIS Act, which bans unauthorized use of a person’s likeness or voice by Gen AI.