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A nurse.

Merck’s COVID drug may be creating transmissible mutated viruses

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Gain-of-function pathogen research is controversial and widespread. Can it be regulated?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Congressional staffers created antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And that’s a good thing

By Allison Berke, Jassi Pannu | Biosecurity

A mural in Ukraine.

Conducting public health workshops in Ukraine—under threat of missile attack

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Rabid anti-vaxxers could help spread deadly disease

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity

AI and atoms: How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing nuclear material

By Jingjie He, Nikita Degtyarev | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Interview: Emerging military technology expert Paul Scharre on global power dynamics in the AI age

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Military Applications of AI

Introduction: The Hype, Peril, and Promise of Artificial Intelligence

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Military Applications of AI

A reality check and a way forward for the global governance of artificial intelligence

By Rumtin Sepasspour | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Will AI make us crazy?

By Dawn Stover | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

If you worry about humanity, you should be more scared of humans than of AI

By Moran Cerf, Adam Waytz | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Fruit bats.

The US government cancels DEEP VZN, a controversial virus-hunting program

By Matt Field | Biosecurity