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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 03: OpenAI Co-Founder & CEO Sam Altman speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Apathy and hyperbole cloud the real risks of AI bioweapons

By Filippa Lentzos, Jez Littlewood, Hailey Wingo, Alberto Muti | Biosecurity

AI and the A-bomb: What the analogy captures and misses

By Kevin Klyman, Raphael Piliero | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

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Introduction: Securing elections, democracy, and the information ecosystem in a critical political year

By John Mecklin, Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

AI misinformation detectors can’t save us from tyranny—at least not yet

By Walter Scheirer | Special Topics

‘I’m afraid I can’t do that’: Should killer robots be allowed to disobey orders?

By Arthur Holland Michel | Disruptive Technologies

Interview: Rose Gottemoeller on the precarious future of arms control

By Laurel Baker | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

Humans should teach AI how to avoid nuclear war—while they still can

By Cameron Vega, Eliana Johns | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons

Oklo collaborated with Gensler architects to design the Aurora Powerhouse, aiming for a simplified and streamlined construction capability. (Image by Gensler)

Nuclear energy could power the AI boom—but only if proliferation risks are minimized

By Miles A. Pomper, Yanliang Pan | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

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How AI surveillance threatens democracy everywhere

By Abi Olvera | Disruptive Technologies

Why a misleading “red team” study of the gene synthesis industry wrongly casts doubt on industry safety

By International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) | Biosecurity

Green HAL from "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Drink the Kool-Aid all you want, but don’t call AI an existential threat

By Jeff Caruso | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

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How to better research the possible threats posed by AI-driven misuse of biology

By Matthew E. Walsh | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies