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UK Biological Security Strategy

GOV.UK HTML edition, published 12 June 2023. Publication date from the GOV.UK page's 'Published 12 June 2023' line. The strategy says its predecessor was published in July 2018; that earlier document is not recorded here.

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Published 2023-06-12

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UK Biological Security Strategy (HTML edition on GOV.UK) Cabinet Office (UK), on GOV.UK · publication date unknown · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 001c8902e0f2387b29ad8f96fefd80487873700c401e5d79034357fcde809611). GOV.UK HTML edition of the strategy, page marked 'Published 12 June 2023' and 'published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government'; retrieved 2026-10-28. Any later revision of the page was not compared. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 9d158c76313cade229e8ec11fd8fdda1d2acb2155bbb86919e131c874e94e922).

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2023-06-12 · publishedGOV.UK HTML edition, published 12 June 2023 (this version)

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Risk domainRisk framing: convergence of bioscience with machine learning and AI as a new cyberbiosecurity risk“The convergence of bioscience with robotics, machine learning and AI has paved the way for automated approaches to biology”Chapter on the opportunities and risks of advances in bioscience and biotechnology (paragraph on DNA synthesis capabilities and convergence)Inspect claim & evidence ↗

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