Rapid advances in AI have significant implications for nuclear and biosecurity, including benefits and risks for nuclear weapons systems and the growing bioeconomy. Managing these new capabilities to ensure they aren’t misused to undermine strategic stability or cause a global biological catastrophe will require coordinated leadership, new guardrails, and innovative policy approaches.
Advances in AI and other disruptive technologies are transforming the foundations of human civilization with intended and unintended consequences for global security. To address the risks and capitalize on the opportunities associated with these advancements, NTI is launching FutureSafe: AI and Emerging Technology, a new program to be led by Dimitri Kusnezov.
Preventing global catastrophic biological risks (GCBRS)
Advances in biotechnology outpace national governments’ ability to provide needed oversight to prevent accidents or deliberate misuse of dangerous biological agents.
Past Project For as long as we have nuclear weapons, the United States must ensure they are safe, secure, and reliable.
NTI | bio has responded to the U.S. government request for information (RFI) related to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan outlined by President Donald Trump’s January 2025 Executive Order, providing input on the highest priority actions to maintain and extend U.S. global leadership on AI.
The official side event focused on safeguarding capabilities at the convergence of AI with the life sciences.
NTI will join world leaders and policy makers at the 2025 Munich Security Conference (MSC) where NTI Co-Chair and CEO Ernest J. Moniz and colleagues will host multiple side events focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging technology threats imperiling humanity.
As artificial intelligence and emerging technologies continue to disrupt global security, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) convened its Science and Technology Advisory Group to identify and discuss opportunities for NTI to anticipate and proactively direct its efforts to tackle future challenges.
