How emerging technologies increase the threat from biological weapons

An employee checks his gasmask before decontaminating a military vehicle in the nuclear department at the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) during a demonstration in Munster October 15, 2013. The state-owned WIS is a reference laboratory for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Picture taken October 15, 2013.  REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - BM2E9AG10WY01

Existing governance provides only limited coverage of 3D printing, AI, and robotics Image: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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