5 Data Points You Should Know from the 2026 NTI Index
The NTI Index team spent months poring over thousands of data points. Here are five especially worth knowing.
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Rethinking Insurance and Legal Responsibility for AI-Enabled Biology
Innovation Enables Responsibility: Watermarking to Strengthen DNA Synthesis Screening
Trump-Xi Summit: Perception, Not Capability, May Drive AI-Bioweapons Risks
Bridging Climate Action and Health Security through One Health
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5 Data Points You Should Know from the 2026 NTI Index
The NTI Index team spent months poring over thousands of data points. Here are five especially worth knowing.
Rethinking Insurance and Legal Responsibility for AI-Enabled Biology
As AI expands what is possible in biology, it’s past time the biosecurity, insurance, and legal communities came together to examine what these developments mean for preventing harm and assigning responsibility if it occurs.
Innovation Enables Responsibility: Watermarking to Strengthen DNA Synthesis Screening
The development of SynthID Bio by a major frontier AI lab is an important reminder that responsible development and cutting-edge progress are not mutually exclusive.
Trump-Xi Summit: Perception, Not Capability, May Drive AI-Bioweapons Risks
The Trump and Xi summit today may offer an opportunity to begin filling the leadership vacuum on AI advances, especially with respect to bioweapons. If the reports from AI companies are correct, it’s imperative that Presidents Trump and Xi start this work now.
Bridging Climate Action and Health Security through One Health
Africa’s experience shows why climate change and health cannot be separated. A One Health approach is essential to managing growing risks at the intersection of people, animals, and the environment.
AI Is Moving Into Nuclear Weapons Systems. Fail-Safe Reviews Are Critical.
The integration of AI into nuclear systems is underway. The guardrails, safety, and security frameworks needed to understand and manage the consequences are not. A new generation of AI-informed nuclear fail-safe reviews is urgently needed in all countries with nuclear weapons.
NTI at 25: Fostering Innovation Through Technology Governance
As NTI celebrates 25 years of impact, we remain committed to reducing the risks of accidental release and deliberate misuse of life science innovations, strengthening global biosecurity, and guiding efforts to govern emerging technologies.
People Are Trying to Misuse AI. That’s Exactly Why Safeguards Matter.
The policy challenge ahead is ensuring that safeguards, governance frameworks, and security practices continue to responsibly scale alongside the technology. If they do, society can capture AI's enormous benefits while keeping emerging risks firmly under control.
When Official Channels Close, Track IIs Keep Diplomacy Moving
Beijing and Washington must be on the same page to avoid nuclear material from falling into the wrong hands. Continued Track II engagement on nuclear security is essential for preserving cooperation within a critical area of shared interest, even when diplomacy between political officials is at an impasse.
Biological Risks Are Growing. The BWC is Working to Keep Up.
As scientific and technological advances accelerate, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) faces a defining test. The BWC’s future depends on whether the world can match the pace of biological innovation with equally ambitious efforts to prevent catastrophe.
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