In a world where motivated actors can use biological AI tools to evade DNA synthesis screening, how can DNA providers be more confident that the sequences they assemble and ship are safe? Google ...

Today’s biological AI models can do something that would have seemed like science fiction just a decade ago: design novel proteins from scratch. While model developers are still refining the ability ...

“What gets measured gets done.” This principle is widely embraced in public health and global health security. Data helps leaders make informed decisions, prioritize investments, and strengthen ...

The global expansion of nuclear energy, including in the Middle East, is in the United States’ interest—but it should not come at the expense of security. In practice, that means any nuclear ...

One of the most significant achievements in reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism over the past two decades is something that rarely makes headlines: the complex, painstaking work of eliminating ...

Since the AIxBio Horizon Scan Winter 2025-2026 published in March 2026, there has been steady, incremental progress across AI-enabled biological tools. Protein design tools have continued to improve, ...

As breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and biotechnology outpace global governance, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and The Elders are launching a new intergenerational initiative to ...

NTI endorses the bipartisan Biosecurity Modernization and Innovation Act of 2026, led by Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). This bill creates an important opportunity to incentivize ...

The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and the life sciences has driven the development of biological AI tools with a range of beneficial applications. However, some of these tools have also ...

As the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear limitations treaty expires on Feb. 5, an overwhelming majority of Americans (91 percent) say the United States should negotiate a new agreement with Russia to ...

Imagine this: A global pandemic that results in more than 850 million cases, and 60 million deaths is sparked by a novel enterovirus strain that was intentionally engineered by an extremist group ...

Nuclear Security Implications of AI and Emerging Technologies: A FutureSafe Analysis of Risks and Opportunities was motivated by the vision for applying technology to reduce catastrophic nuclear, ...