On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the ...

Advances in AI could complicate international rules meant to prevent the spread of bioweapons, even as researchers and arms control experts debate how useful AI might ultimately be to would-be hostile ...

Rachel Bronson, the president and chief executive officer of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Daniel Holz, co-chair of the Bulletin ’s Science and Security Board, discussed the ...

Artificial intelligence was not listed as a chief concern two years ago, the last time the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the clock closer to global catastrophe.

What Happens When the Doomsday Clock Hits Midnight? If the Doomsday Clock hits midnight, it is because the members of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believe that a global catastrophe has erupted.

Oppenheimer then went on to help found the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to control their use and spread. The challenge of generative AI is too important, however, to leave to scientists.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 89 seconds before midnight - the theoretical point of annihilation. That is one second closer than it was set last year.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, spent years wrestling with the conflict between his science and the dictates of his conscience. In part because he publicly expressed his ...

Science educator Bill Nye looks at the "Doomsday Clock," shortly before the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces the latest decision on the "Doomsday Clock" minute hand, Tuesday, Jan. 23 ...

Alexandra Bell is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organization that sets the Doomsday Clock.

Each year for the past 78 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published a new Doomsday Clock, suggesting just how close – or far – humanity is to destroying itself. The next ...

Russia’s nuclear threats, the rise of AI, global conflicts and climate change all shaped the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ decision.