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Commercial DNA synthesis vendors

Organization

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-COMMERCIALDN
Type
Organization

Roles
Deployer
Sectors
Incidents
1

First Incident
2025-10

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-25-0019 AI-Designed Toxin Gene Sequences Bypass DNA Synthesis Screening high 2025-10

Context & Analysis

Commercial DNA synthesis vendors appears in 1 documented incident spanning October 2025. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Systemic Risk (1 incident). The most common pattern is AI-Assisted Biological Threat Design, appearing in 1 incident.

Threat Domains

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve Commercial DNA synthesis vendors, and what role did it play?

Commercial DNA synthesis vendors appeared as deployer in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-25-0019 AI-Designed Toxin Gene Sequences Bypass DNA Synthesis Screening (high severity, 2025-10) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Commercial DNA synthesis vendors?

Commercial DNA synthesis vendors's incidents involve AI-Assisted Biological Threat Design . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Commercial DNA synthesis vendors (ENT-COMMERCIALDN) is documented at /entities/commercial-dna-synthesis-vendors/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

Incidents span 1 domain: Systemic Risk.

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