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Is EA Biosecurity Work Limited to Restricting LLM Biological Use? - Footnote 16

contradicted75% confidence

1 evidence check

Last checked: 4/3/2026

unsupported: Number of teams and people per team unsupported: Duration of the study (80 hours over 7 weeks) minor_issues: The claim mentions 2024-era models, while the source refers to the 'existing generation of large language models'.

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www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2977-2.html(1 check)

contradicted75%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026

Found: - **RAND Red-Team Study (2024)**: 12 teams of 3 people given 80 hours over 7 weeks to plan biological attacks with/without LLM access. Found **no statistically significant difference** in plan viabili…

Note: unsupported: Number of teams and people per team unsupported: Duration of the study (80 hours over 7 weeks) minor_issues: The claim mentions 2024-era models, while the source refers to the 'existing generation of large language models'.

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