Disruptive Technologies

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Why AI for biological design should be regulated differently than chatbots

By Matthew E. Walsh | Disruptive Technologies

An early gene synthesis machine.

Biotech promises miracles. But the risks call for more oversight

By David Gillum, George Poste, Craig Woods, Rachel Levinson | Biosecurity

Building information resilience to reinforce arms control

By Kate Zander, Mayra Ameneiros, Ance Baura, Tomáš A. Nagy | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

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Convergence: Artificial intelligence and the new and old weapons of mass destruction

By Emilia Javorsky, Hamza Chaudhry | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

AI Command of the military forces on the tablet computer

War is messy. AI can’t handle it.

By Ian Reynolds, Ozan Ahmet Cetin | Disruptive Technologies

Sudan’s conflict escalates, endangering millions

By Erik English | Biosecurity, Climate Change

Catapulting corpses? A famous case of medieval biological warfare probably never happened

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

How vaccine “truthers” infect our minds

By Erik English | Biosecurity

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America has immunized troops since George Washington’s time. Here’s how to improve military (and civilian) vaccination programs

By Daniel Gerstein | Biosecurity

Screen shot from the film 'Artificial Escalation.'

‘Artificial Escalation’: Imagining the future of nuclear risk

By Anthony Aguirre, Emilia Javorsky, Max Tegmark | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Risk

El Niño increases global health threats that require a One Health response

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Climate Change

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When looking is dangerous: How solar radiation management research can harm

By Aaron Tang | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies