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Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides
数百用户向ChatGPT索要毒药与生物武器配方，部分获得高中生水平步骤指南
Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides
The DecoderIn summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information.
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