AI has buoyed the stock market and a struggling US economy. However, warning signs indicate a bubble that everyone will pay for when it bursts. Read the new piece by @jeremyhsu.bsky.social below. ⬇️

Breaking News: A federal vaccine committee voted to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, a highly infectious virus that leads to chronic liver disease in most infected children.

🚨 JUST IN: If the United States deploys advanced short-range ballistic missile systems to Norway’s Finnmark or Finland’s Lapland regions, and Russia detects them, a crisis similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis will ensue, writes Vladimir Marakhonov in @thebulletin.org. #nuclearweapons #nukesky

My latest @thebulletin.org piece tries to reckon with the economic costs that would accompany the bursting of the AI bubble - and also highlights some of the societal costs we are already paying.

Silicon Valley has placed a trillion-dollar bet that gen AI can transform the global economy and pave the way for AGI. But warning signs show the marketing hype has vastly overrated what current AI tech can achieve, creating a bubble with growing costs when it pops, writes @jeremyhsu.bsky.social.

"A ChatGPT query needs nearly 10 times as much electricity as an internet search without AI. And because supercomputers run hot, they typically need intensive water-cooling systems."

"In maps of global projections of climate change impacts on precipitation, the region over and around the Mediterranean basin stands out because of the magnitude and significance of its precipitation decline." Detailed explanation of the climate changes behind Tehran's water crisis @thebulletin.org

Round out your end-of-the-year book recommendations with 43 new books our staff loved in 2025.

30 years ago, the IPCC stated—for the first time—that: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.” Honored to have edited this essay by Benjamin Santer, the lead author of the chapter that made that crucial determination, for @thebulletin.org:

New NY State law on "AI Companions" 👀 www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...

Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion. Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

"The decision by the United States not to send high-level representatives to COP30 illustrates the uneven global commitment to climate diplomacy and the persistent challenges in mobilizing support for developing nations." #COP30

Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia's hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity. We called the developers and utility in question to find out why: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

GIVEAWAY! 🎁 Win a free print copy (U.S. only) of Brian Platzer's highly anticipated novel, THE OPTIMISTS (Pub Feb 24, 2026)! It's a big-hearted story about a teacher and his controversial student. Get your entry in on Goodreads now! 👇 #Giveaway #Goodreads #TheOptimists #BrianPlatzer #BookSky

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Assuming that the missile in 'A House of Dynamite' carried a several-hundred-kiloton nuclear warhead and detonated directly above Chicago's Loop, what would follow? @patriciajaworek.bsky.social and Isabelle Williams of @nti.org explain. ⬇️

"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

Authors’ class action suit against OpenAI moves forward www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

🧪 Encouraging news: Significantly improved cancer survival for people who had mRNA COVID vaccines. (!!) Research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Layperson article: theconversation.com/covid-19-mrn...

Tomorrow, "A House of Dynamite" releases on Netflix. The movie's director, Kathryn Bigelow, and screenwriter, Noah Oppenheim, spoke with Bulletin editor-in-chief John Mecklin @meckdevil.bsky.social to give a look at what will likely be the biggest nuclear film of the year. (Contains spoilers).

Today, join the Bulletin for an expert panel on the future of artificial intelligence at 11:45 AM CT / 12:45 PM ET. ⬇️

I talked with Sébastien Philippe (@sebphilippe.bsky.social) about winning the MacArthur 'genius' grant, nuclear war, and academic freedom for @thebulletin.org. #MacFellow #NuclearPolicy #ArmsControl #nukesky @uwmadison.bsky.social @princeton.edu @palfrey.org

There are countless ways AI could help us better understand the world and benefit individuals and society. But it also introduces new and powerful tools for financial, partisan, or geopolitical misuse. This Wednesday, October 22, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion on the future of AI. ⬇️

🚨 JUST IN: To deflate Seoul's nuclear ambitions, Washington needs to make its commitment to South Korean security credible and demonstrate that it sees its ally as an equal partner, @jackkennedy.ie writes in his first piece for @thebulletin.org. #nuclearweapons #SouthKorea #Trump #ICE #nukesky

Researchers from @uvmvermont.bsky.social and @sfiscience.bsky.social designed a model that treats a piece of viral information not as a static entity, but as one that can grow stronger or weaker as it spreads, like a forest fire. @saragoud.bsky.social interviews study co-author Sid Redner for more.

What makes some ideas go viral while others fizzle out? A recent study in Physical Review Letters sheds new light on the question. @saragoud.bsky.social reports below. ⬇️

Nolan’s biopic of Oppenheimer and the creation of the bomb was obviously fantastic, but Bigelow’s realistic look at the modern nuclear situation is much scarier because it highlights how quickly everything can go wrong and how little people really think about it.

"AI systems are used to make invisible, inscrutable judgements that will affect our lives in ways we may not even begin to see," says Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social. "It sounds Kafkaesque because it is Kafkaesque."

The Bulletin is excited to announce The AI Power Trip, a year-long project examining how the people and organizations developing AI applications are gaining control of the world's governance, information ecosystems, energy resources, military-industrial complex, and more. #AIPowerTrip

I really appreciated getting a chance to talk with economists and immigration law experts about how the Trump administration's overhaul of the H-1B visa program could impact AI startups and the broader US tech industry. My first piece for @thebulletin.org

The Trump admin’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications and attempt to change the visa program is threatening Silicon Valley’s ability to attract the world’s top talent and may scuttle US AI ambitions touted by the president himself, @jeremyhsu.bsky.social explains in a @thebulletin.org piece.

Earlier this year the president proposed cutting NASA’s budget by 24 percent, the clearest indication of his priorities going into a possible shutdown. Funding for Earth science programs specifically would be cut by MORE THAN HALF. These are some of the satellite & space instrument missions at risk

Well don't I feel stupid

Model context protocol (MCP), which "started as a way to read desktop files now might handle corporate authentication, sensitive financial data, and hiring decisions," writes Abi Olvera. That comes with challenges. ⬇️

🚨 JUST IN: President Donald Trump has an opportunity to avoid the dangers of an unrestrained nuclear arms competition—something he has repeatedly warned about. Will he seize it? Latest by Matt Bunn (@matthew-bunn.bsky.social) in @thebulletin.org #nuclearweapons #nukesky #Trump #Putin #China

Model context protocol, the infrastructure connecting AI to the rest of our digital world, wasn't built for what it now does, writes Abi Olvera. "The challenge now is building safeguards thoughtfully enough to preserve both innovation and trust—because losing either one kills the promise of both."

President Donald Trump pledged to spearhead an international effort to use AI to verify compliance with the global biological weapons treaty Tuesday. That will require buy-in from the world leaders he insulted at the UN General Assembly meeting.

A technical standard has become the invisible infrastructure connecting AI to the rest of our digital world. But MCP wasn’t built for what it’s doing now and its widespread adoption introduces privacy and security challenges, writes Abi Olvera in a new piece for @thebulletin.org.

Inspired by Indian ice stupas, Chilean engineers are creating artificial towers of ice to preserve winter precipitation for the spring and summer months, ensuring a steadier water supply for people and agriculture. Read more from María de los Ángeles Orfila. ⬇️

In 1600, the East India Company began as a trading venture with royal backing. Within decades, it was minting British currency and taxing millions. A similar pattern can be seen with government and Big Tech today. "The AI Raj: How tech giants are recolonizing power," by @allisonstanger.bsky.social.

Business Insider reportedly tells journalists they can use AI to draft stories

🚨 JUST IN: To make America a leader once again in the global nuclear industry, the US nonproliferation regime and nuclear policies need a revamp, @richardmnephew.bsky.social and Matt Bowen of @columbiauenergy.bsky.social write. thebulletin.org/2025/09/upda... #nuclearenergy #UnitedStates #nukesky

"Just as the East India Company’s commercial success gradually justified new powers, today’s AI firms seek to leverage technical prowess to assume public functions by default...," writes @allisonstanger.bsky.social. thebulletin.org/2025/09/the-...

"Just as the East India Company’s commercial success gradually justified new powers, today’s AI firms seek to leverage technical prowess to assume public functions by default...," writes @allisonstanger.bsky.social. thebulletin.org/2025/09/the-...

Ireland's peat bogs contain a vast record of archaeological and natural history, and sequester a LOT of carbon, but between resource extraction and climate change, they're at risk. Is there a way to preserve the peat bogs without sacrificing the treasures within? thebulletin.org/2025/09/tick...

To anticipate new threats, policymakers should see the Indian Ocean as a whole and no longer as a compartmentalized patch of sub-regions, Nitya Labh of @chathamhouse.org writes in @thebulletin.org. thebulletin.org/2025/09/why-... #IndianOcean #nuclearweapons #nukesky @dawnstover.bsky.social

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.

Generative AI and off-the-shelf computational tools can make the synthesis and use of nerve agents for nefarious purposes more probable. "The Sarin shortcut: How AI lowers the bar for chemical weapons," by @ashjogalekar.bsky.social. ⬇️

My new piece in the @thebulletin.org is out. To my surprise, I ended up in a more pessimistic place than I thought I would, about the threats to democracy. thebulletin.org/2025/08/how-...