Here we highlight the work of NTI and share knowledge, ideas, and viewpoints addressing the crosscutting challenges our world faces—addressing risks while supporting innovation—to make our world safer.
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.
Exploring AI-Biosecurity Governance in the Global South
Gaps in healthcare infrastructure and biosecurity capabilities among Global South countries make these regions particularly vulnerable to biological threats, both natural and man-made.
NTI | bio Advances International Dialogue on AI Biosecurity Through Expert Working Groups
NTI | bio convened two technical working groups this fall to address critical challenges at the intersection of AI and the life sciences, bringing together more than 50 international experts from major AI companies, academic institutions, and biosecurity organizations.
2025 marks 50 years of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). It faces significant challenges and there is an urgent need to modernize the BWC, ensuring it keeps pace with scientific developments and reinforces global biosecurity.
Russian Biological Facility Build-up Underscores Need for Enhanced Transparency
The Washington Post’s chilling report on major activity at a former bioweapons research site where the Soviets once weaponized biological agents — including ones that cause Smallpox, Ebola, and other hemorrhagic fevers — is another dangerous development potentially related to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Avril Haines, Mike Mullen, Judy Woodruff Discuss U.S.-China Relations at NTI Board Dinner
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen had a lively discussion about the increasingly challenging U.S.-China relationship during NTI’s annual Board of Directors dinner.
Some former government officials are proposing that the United States resume explosive nuclear weapons testing. It is exactly the wrong response to today’s escalating nuclear threats.
Young Voices in International Security: Kylie Jones
Cara Wilson, NTI’s Nuclear Materials Security intern, had the chance to speak with Kylie Jones, a researcher with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Program and a former James C. Gaither Junior Fellow.
NTI | bio Offers Solutions to Strengthen Biosecurity and Reduce Biological Threats
Given rising H5N1 bird flu cases in cows and new cases in humans, enhancing global pandemic detection, prevention, and response is crucial. The Global Health Security Conference (GHSC) earlier this summer provided an excellent opportunity for health and security leaders to discuss solutions to address biological threats.