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Generative AI is flooding institutions with machine-made content—submissions, letters, filings—overwhelming editors, editors, and authorities and triggering rapid, adversarial ‘arms races’ between detectors and AI-written material; while this democratizes access and aids tasks when disclosed, it also raises risks of fraud and governance breakdown, with no simple way to stop the flood.
With the expiry of the New START treaty, experts worry about a renewed US-Russia arms race as both powers modernize arsenals and long-standing arms-control structures fray; global leaders, including Pope Francis, have urged renewal, while talks about broader deals—potentially involving China and other nuclear powers—remain unsettled.
With the New START treaty expiring, the U.S. and Russia would no longer be bound by caps on deployed nuclear arsenals, raising fears of an unconstrained arms race that could pull China into a growing strategic competition. Putin has signaled willingness to extend limits for a year if Washington does the same, but Trump has not committed, prompting experts to warn of destabilization and increased global risk unless a successor agreement is reached.
New START, the last US‑Russia nuclear-arms restraint, lapses on Feb 4 with no extension talks underway. Its verification and data-exchange mechanisms would end, potentially enabling larger deployed arsenals on both sides and raising the risk of a renewed arms race; with no immediate successor treaty and trilateral talks with China unlikely, there is a push for a verifiable, multilateral disarmament framework to curb risks.
President Trump’s ambiguous threat to resume nuclear testing has led Russia to consider doing the same, raising concerns reminiscent of Cold War arms races.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to explore the possibility of resuming nuclear tests, following US President Trump's call for renewed testing, amid ongoing global nuclear arms stockpile increases and recent advancements in Russian nuclear technology.
President Trump announced the resumption of US nuclear testing with some inaccuracies and unclear details, prompting international scrutiny and debate about nuclear capabilities and modernization efforts, amidst ongoing global nuclear tensions.
President Trump announced plans to resume nuclear testing in the U.S., which would involve underground tests at the Nevada site and could escalate global tensions, especially amid recent provocative tests by Russia. Experts warn that resuming testing is dangerous, costly, and unnecessary given current scientific capabilities, and could destabilize international nuclear agreements.
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons, reversing a voluntary halt since 1992, citing global testing activities by other countries, including Russia and China, as motivation.
Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to begin matching Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing, raising concerns about a renewed arms race, despite the US's previous moratorium on full nuclear tests since 1992. The move coincides with Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and follows Russia's recent testing of advanced nuclear-capable weapons. Experts and officials have expressed concern over the potential escalation of nuclear tensions.
Ukrainian President Zelensky warns at the UN that Putin's Russia will escalate beyond Ukraine if not stopped, calling for stronger international support, AI regulation, and warning of a dangerous arms race, while also addressing recent Russian airspace violations and shifting US political stances on the conflict.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warned at the UN about the dangers of an AI-driven arms race and autonomous warfare, highlighting the escalation of drone conflicts and regional tensions involving Russia and Ukraine, amid shifting US positions on Ukraine's territorial integrity.
A-bomb survivors in Japan, led by Toshiyuki Mimaki, are advocating for nuclear disarmament amid rising tensions and an arms race in Asia, while Japan balances its moral stance against nuclear weapons with reliance on U.S. nuclear protection. The aging survivor community plans a final campaign to push for abolition, highlighting the ongoing global struggle over nuclear deterrence and disarmament.
Russia has announced it is no longer bound by a missile moratorium, citing U.S. and NATO actions, raising fears of a new arms race and destabilization, especially amid tensions over Ukraine and the collapse of the INF Treaty.
The world commemorates 80 years since the Hiroshima atomic bombing, while experts warn that nuclear threats are more imminent than in decades, with increasing arsenals, geopolitical tensions, and the Doomsday Clock nearing midnight, highlighting the urgent need for disarmament and international cooperation.