Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists April 13th 2023
Posted: 14th April 2023
April 13, 2023
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Can journalism resist a chatbot-fueled race to the bottom?The news industry’s response to generative AI, like ChatGPT, will tease out legit media organizations from the rest, writes Bulletin disruptive technologies editor Sara Goudarzi. Read more.
BIOSECURITY
What’s a chemical weapon? A global weapons treaty could use some clarityThe Chemical Weapons Convention review conference this May will give countries the opportunity to clarify ambiguities in the treaty, says chemical weapons researcher Lennie Phillips. Will they take it? Read more.
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Robert Oppenheimer’s grandson explains how to avoid an AI “arms race”What should be done to manage AI and other technological advances that pose catastrophic risks? What the world should have done with nuclear technology: Expand scientific collaboration and avoid secrecy. Read more.
Listen to leading biosecurity experts discuss the future of dangerous pathogen research
Next week, watch biosecurity and public health specialists discuss how to create a framework for future pathogen research at the Bulletin’s Pathogens Project conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference will include policy leaders, journalists, scientists, and civic leaders, among others.
SPECIAL TOPICS
The Bulletin welcomes Anne PuotinenThe Bulletin is delighted to announce Anne Puotinen as our new director of individual giving, where she will aid in the planning and execution of annual fundraising strategies. Read more.
DOOMSDAY CLOCK
90 Seconds to Midnight: The Doomsday Clock and MeWriter Frida Berrigan details her experience growing up with the Doomsday Clock as well as how younger generations reacting to the latest clock change in this AlterNet article. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Every invention is like a coin, with a side that’s positive and a side that is negative. With dynamite you build a canal. But you can also kill.”
— Emily Leproust, CEO of Twist Bioscience, “Research with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn,” Washington Post
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