Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Does Macron’s nuclear upgrade mark the end of France’s ‘strict sufficiency’ principle?

Despite the increase, the underlying spirit of strict sufficiency—maintaining only what is necessary to protect France's ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Astrid Chevreuil

Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. Chevreuil ...
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AI social platforms like Moltbook are potential accelerators of existential risk that should be regulated as critical infrastructure

AI social networks are where agents can compound their capabilities and coordinate at scale—and in which humans can lose control.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

At the brink: How Moscow’s ‘dirty bomb’ disinformation campaign risked a NATO-Russia war in October 2022

In October 2022, Russian forces were on the brink of collapse in Ukraine, and it was unclear if major Russian army units could even evacuate back across the Dnipro River to safety. Discontent was ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

AI in the information ecosystem and its impact on nuclear escalation

AI tools can generate realistic deepfakes, synthetic feeds, and fabricated accounts at scale, that could flood analysts during crises with large volumes of information that overload their capabilities ...