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White House’s new high-risk life sciences policy calls for monitoring AI dangers

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ByEdward Graham,
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW

July 29, 2026 07:42 PM ET

“The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will convene an interagency group to monitor advancements at the intersection of biological sciences and artificial intelligence, including in silico life sciences research,” the guidance says.

The Trump administration’s new policy prohibiting federal funding for certain high-risk life sciences research and expanding independent review of potentially dangerous studies alludes to the risks of artificial intelligence but does not outright call for banning the use of the emerging capabilities in hazardous projects.

The 12-page guidance, which was publicly released on Tuesday, stops federal assistance for domestic dangerous gain-of-function research — or DGOF — and certain international research of concern.

The policy defines DGOF as research that “enhances a property or properties of a biological agent in ways that make it...

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