Congress’s oversight of U.S. nuclear policy is at a critical juncture. When the U.S. Senate approved New START in 2010, it mandated several annual reports and certifications to ensure strong congressional oversight of Russian compliance with the treaty. These requirements expired along with the treaty, creating oversight gaps just as strategic competition heats up.
With AIxBio tools advancing faster than many experts predicted, new AIxBio Horizon Scan provides early insights to support stronger safety, security, and governance decisions.
The AIxBio field stands at a critical juncture where rapid capability advances are outpacing governance frameworks and safety measures. The next 18 months will likely prove pivotal in determining whether voluntary safety practices by AI companies, emerging evaluation frameworks, and international coordination efforts can keep pace with technological development.
The convergence of artificial intelligence and the life sciences is reshaping what’s possible in biology, delivering major advances–ranging from accelerating vaccine discovery to advancing new tools for mitigating the effects of climate change–and new risks. NTI | bio’s AIxBio Horizon Scan looks ahead to where AIxBio capabilities are headed over the coming years.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) announces the appointment of Jake Jordan, PhD as vice president of Global Biological Policy & Programs (NTI | bio). In this role, Jordan will lead NTI's portfolio of biosecurity projects and advance innovative approaches to strengthen biotechnology governance, reduce the risk of bioweapon development and use, and build global health security capacities.
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Jake Jordan, PhD serves as vice president of NTI’s Global Biological Policy and Programs (NTI | bio).
The ongoing major combat operations introduce serious nuclear security and proliferation risks.
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The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) joined world leaders and policymakers at the 2026 Munich Security Conference (MSC), where NTI President and CEO Christine E. Wormuth and colleagues hosted events focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging technology threats imperiling humanity.
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.
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