Jassi Pannu
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins specializing in biosecurity and infectious disease; researcher and co-author advocating controls on sensitive biological data and proposing the Biosecurity Data Level framework.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 43min
Bioinfohazards: Jassi Pannu on Controlling Dangerous Data from which AI Models Learn
Jassi Pannu, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins focused on biosecurity and infectious disease, discusses how AI is changing biological research and raising engineered-pandemic risks. They map detection, sequencing, vaccine timelines, and who could misuse tools. They explain focusing controls on functional biological data, propose a Biosecurity Data Level framework, and outline layered defenses like synthesis screening and global surveillance.
Mar 24, 2026 • 50min
Why Data Governance Is the Key to AI Biosecurity, with Jassi Pannu and Doni Bloomfield
Doni Bloomfield, Fordham law professor specializing in biotechnology regulation and biosecurity policy. Jassi Pannu, Johns Hopkins public health professor focused on biological data governance. They discuss why governing sensitive biological datasets matters. They outline a tiered Biosecurity Data Levels framework, distinguish general-purpose AI from biology-specific models, and debate paths for U.S. policy and international coordination.
