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Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board and Juan Manuel Santos, chair of The Elders and former president of Colombia, announce the setting of the Doomsday Clock on January 28, 2025 at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. It is now 89 seconds to midnight. Left to right: Daniel Holz, Herb Lin, Juan Manuel Santos, Robert Socolow, and Suzet McKinney. (Photo by Jamie Christiani/Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

PRESS RELEASE: Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to human extinction

By Adam Dombovari | Doomsday Clock, What’s New at the Bulletin

Another year, another 366 days of tech (with a healthy dose of AI)

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Elon musk jumping on stage at a Trump rally

Trump’s potential impact on emerging and disruptive technologies

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

Question for the candidates: What is your plan to prevent the next dangerous and expensive nuclear arms race?

By Laura Grego | Nuclear Weapons

Illustration of a big eye watching over protestors

How AI surveillance threatens democracy everywhere

By Abi Olvera | Disruptive Technologies

To prevent global catastrophe, governments must first admit there’s a problem

By Rumtin Sepasspour, Courtney Tee | Disruptive Technologies

Responsible science: What Sam Altman can learn (and not learn) from Nobel and Oppenheimer

By Sarah Kreps | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

2024 Doomsday Clock announcement

PRESS RELEASE: Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight

By Sarah Starkey | Doomsday Clock, What’s New at the Bulletin