MEL GURTOV – A major incident in OpenAI’s lab suggests the urgency of a US-China agreement to slow down AI’s development while there is still time. Major AI company heads, including Elon Musk, believe a slowdown is essential. But those who, like Trump, are only concerned with winning the AI race and have no sense of urgency about its unrestrained development are unlikely to change course.
Don’t Look Away from What the US is Helping Do in Israel
KATHY KELLY – The latest U.S. weapon sale to Israel further confirms U.S. complicity with Israel’s genocidal war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. We must heed an urgent call issued by those most impacted by the war crimes: “Don’t look away.”
Insiders are betting on war: How prediction markets are becoming a national security threat
DAVID SZAKONYI, MICHELLE KENDLER-KRETSCH, MICHAEL HORNSBY – It is not enough just to ban insider trading or even require more robust identification of bettors. Collectively, people need to decide whether there are certain topics that should not be wagered on. National security must come before personal profit.
Real History: After 9/11, the “War on Terror” Was a War of Terror
NORMAN SOLOMON – The crusade that George W. Bush launched to “rid the world of evil” only compounded it. Now, as the nation’s military juggernaut advances, the mindsets that propel it are in dire need of direct challenge.
Introduction: What went wrong with the internet—and how do we fix it
DAN DROLLETTE JR – The premise of the September 9, 2026, issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is straightforward: What went wrong with the internet, and how do we fix it—particularly in an era when data centers and artificial intelligence seem about to overrun the Earth.
25 years after 9/11, how do we build a movement to stop endless wars?
MARK ENGLER – As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.