Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Evidence of AI usage is increasingly occurring in peer-reviewed academic works, and databases are starting to show evidence of AI hallucinations.

At what point does algorithmic assistance become an intellectual liability? How can the public distinguish between expertise built on a career of education and experience, against an armchair expert using AI tools?

Join us tomorrow, April 22, 10:15 a.m. CT / 11:15 a.m. ET, as experts discuss these questions and more.


Speakers include:


Dr. Joan Donovan, an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University. She focuses on media manipulation, sociology of knowledge and expertise, and networked social movements.

Andrew Gray, a librarian at University College London, specializing in the use of bibliometric tools and methods. In 2024, he published some of the first analyses indicating the widespread undisclosed use of AI tools in published research.

Alexandra Bell (moderator), president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

This event is presented with the support of the Future of Life Institute.

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What happens when a nuclear power plant becomes a wartime target?

This Monday, April 13, the Bulletin will host a virtual panel on growing concerns around nuclear power plants becoming targets in war, particularly in Iran and Ukraine, and the implications for the future of nuclear energy.


Panel speakers include:


Moderator: Rachel Bronson, a senior advisor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. From February 2015 to January 2025, she served as the Bulletin’s president and CEO. She also serves as the Lester Crown Nonresident Senior Fellow for Energy and Geopolitics at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.


Lars van Dassen, the Executive Director for the World Institute for National Security. Previously, he served as the Acting Department Head, Section Head and Director for the Office for External Relations at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.


Laura S. H. Holgate, who served most recently as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna and the Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency.


Watch the discussion on our channel on April 13, 9:00 a.m. Central / 10:00 a.m. Eastern. ⬇️

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Around the world, countries with nuclear weapons are considering using artificial intelligence in their nuclear command and control systems.

Can people trust the integration of AI into systems that can create catastrophic consequences due to a single error?


Join us and ‪@OutriderFdn‬ for an expert discussion exploring this question and more tomorrow, February 19, at 12:45 p.m. CST / 1:45 p.m. EST. ⬇️

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"Now it's time to create, to build the world we want, that is more compassionate, more equal, more sustainable. 85 seconds to midnight. You know, the question now is not whether we can. The question is, whether you will." —Maria Ressa, speaking at the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement.

You can watch her full speech below. ⬇️

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is proud to announce the appointment of Kronos Quartet as its first-ever Doomsday Clock Artist-in-Residence.

For over 50 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has challenged and reimagined what a string quartet can be. The ensemble has an expansive discography, including three Grammy-winning albums. They have sold over four million albums in total—more than any other string quartet in history.

This summer, Kronos participated in and performed at the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

You can watch the full concert below, and read the Bulletin's full announcement here: thebulletin.org/2025/11/the-bulletin-welcomes-kron…

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In case you missed it: nuclear politics expert Jeffrey Lewis spoke to the Bulletin about what you should know about nuclear weapons, from basic terminology, to which nations have them, and what could occur when they're used—using Chicago as a fictional case study.

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Tomorrow at 11:30 AM CST / 12:30 PM EST, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion unpacking "A House of Dynamite"—what was real, what was exaggerated, and what would happen next.

Turn on notifications to watch live. ⬇️

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The United States may be preparing to join Israel's ongoing operation against Iran to help target underground nuclear facilities, including the Fordow fuel enrichment plant, using a "bunker buster" bomb.

At Fordow, Iran has "enough centrifuges (including IR-6s, their more advanced type) and uranium hexafluoride gas to produce several nuclear weapons."

But it won't make the Iranian nuclear threat go away, writes Richard Nephew: bit.ly/4nd1y8z

(Photo by MikeMareen / depositphotos.com)

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What's the current status of the Russian nuclear arsenal?

Learn more in our newest video, adapting the most recent Nuclear Notebook by experts from the Federation of American Scientists ‪@scientistsorg‬.

Since 1987, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published the Nuclear Notebook, an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals compiled by top experts from FAS. Today, it is prepared by Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, and Mackenzie Knight-Boyle.

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"Within the past five years, China has significantly expanded its ongoing nuclear modernization program by fielding more types and greater numbers of nuclear weapons than ever before."

In case you missed it, our latest video explores the current state of the Chinese nuclear arsenal. ⬇️

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