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Managed Access: Preventing AI from Designing Deadly Pathogens

Risky Business Feb 23, 2026

Managed Access: Preventing AI from Designing Deadly Pathogens

A growing number of the world’s leading experts in health security and the life sciences are warning that unfettered open access to biological data could help AI design dangerous pathogens and are calling for safeguards on high-risk data to prevent misuse of AIxBio tools. Their warnings represent growing momentum behind an idea that NTI has championed: using managed access as a tool to strengthen biosecurity and safeguard rapidly advancing AIxBio capabilities.

Why Responsible AIxBio Innovation Must Be on New Delhi’s Agenda

Risky Business Feb 18, 2026

Why Responsible AIxBio Innovation Must Be on New Delhi’s Agenda

Some of the world’s largest AI companies—Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic—have warned that their models could be misused to cause harm with biology. The India AI Impact Summit is a critical moment for policymakers, scientists, developers, and biosecurity experts to work together on responsible governance that reduces AIxBio risks.

Nuclear Fail-Safe, and Space Security and Stability—Explained

Risky Business Feb 18, 2026

Nuclear Fail-Safe, and Space Security and Stability—Explained

Strengthening nuclear fail-safe measures and applying and adapting principles governing the use of outer space for peaceful purposes are essential to preventing nuclear use and maintaining strategic stability.

NTI and CACDA Issue Joint Statement Calling for Stronger Biosecurity and Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

News Feb 18, 2026

NTI and CACDA Issue Joint Statement Calling for Stronger Biosecurity and Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

Amid rapid advances in bioscience and as artificial intelligence reshapes global technological capabilities, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) are jointly calling for action to strengthen biosecurity and oversight and engage in responsible practices to prevent accidents or misuse.

CACDA-NTI Joint Statement on Shared Priorities for Strengthened Biosecurity and Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

Article Feb 18, 2026

CACDA-NTI Joint Statement on Shared Priorities for Strengthened Biosecurity and Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) and Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Joint Statement on Shared Priorities for Strengthened Biosecurity & Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

NTI’s First Asian Nuclear Security Dialogue Advances Action Plans for Regional Cooperation

News Feb 13, 2026

NTI’s First Asian Nuclear Security Dialogue Advances Action Plans for Regional Cooperation

The dialogue highlighted the importance of translating ideas into implementable actions amid an evolving regional nuclear security landscape.

Support for Preventing the Accidental, Mistaken, or Unauthorized Use of a Nuclear Weapon: Nuclear “Fail-Safe”

Article Feb 13, 2026

Support for Preventing the Accidental, Mistaken, or Unauthorized Use of a Nuclear Weapon: Nuclear “Fail-Safe”

Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, European Leadership Network, Grandview Institution, and Nuclear Threat Initiative

Support for Space Security and Stability

Article Feb 13, 2026

Support for Space Security and Stability

Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group

How Funders Can Make Life Science Research Safer and Faster

Risky Business Feb 12, 2026

How Funders Can Make Life Science Research Safer and Faster

Life science research moves quickly. But not all research carries the same level or type of risk. For funders, the challenge is to identify risks early—without slowing critical research. And now there's a straightforward tool to help address this.

Nuclear Scaling Initiative Unites Nuclear Energy Leaders and Experts in a Nationwide Campaign to Drive Smart Fuel Management

News Feb 11, 2026

Nuclear Scaling Initiative Unites Nuclear Energy Leaders and Experts in a Nationwide Campaign to Drive Smart Fuel Management

Heidi Heitkamp, John Deutch, and Laura Holgate join NSI’s Scale What Works campaign, promoting effective fuel management to scale next-generation reactors and strengthen America’s energy and national security

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Managed Access: Preventing AI from Designing Deadly Pathogens

Why Responsible AIxBio Innovation Must Be on New Delhi’s Agenda

Nuclear Fail-Safe, and Space Security and Stability—Explained

NTI and CACDA Issue Joint Statement Calling for Stronger Biosecurity and Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

CACDA-NTI Joint Statement on Shared Priorities for Strengthened Biosecurity and Responsible AI-Biotechnology Innovation

NTI’s First Asian Nuclear Security Dialogue Advances Action Plans for Regional Cooperation

Support for Preventing the Accidental, Mistaken, or Unauthorized Use of a Nuclear Weapon: Nuclear “Fail-Safe”

Support for Space Security and Stability

How Funders Can Make Life Science Research Safer and Faster

Nuclear Scaling Initiative Unites Nuclear Energy Leaders and Experts in a Nationwide Campaign to Drive Smart Fuel Management

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