Twenty-six years ago, Ted Turner watched a 60 Minutes II report that shook him. The segment highlighted a sobering reality: more than a decade after the end of the Cold War, thousands of nuclear weapons remained deployed around the world. Turner didn’t just take note—he acted.
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Since the AIxBio Horizon Scan Winter 2025-2026 published in March 2026, there has been steady, incremental progress across AI-enabled biological tools. Protein design tools have continued to improve, agentic coding tools have matured in ways that lower barriers to computational biology, and commercial AI companies are making significant investments in the life sciences.
The Summit can produce outcomes that strengthen U.S. national security and reduce global nuclear and biological risks
While talks between the United States and Iran have not yet yielded a new deal to pit against the JCPOA, it is still worth thinking through how we should do so.
Alex Tiersky serves as the vice president of NTI’s Government Relations team. He oversees NTI’s legislative branch strategy, shaping and driving the organization’s policy agenda.
Ted never missed an opportunity to advance his vision of a future for mankind free from the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction.
Ted Turner invested his time, his passion, his intellect and his resources to turn dreams into reality.
Ted was an extraordinary philanthropist, conservationist, entrepreneur, friend, and colleague.
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