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Sara Goudarzi

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Writer: nytimes, NatGeo, sciam, etc., Disruptive tech editor @bulletinatomic. Author of THE ALMOND IN THE APRICOT | saragoudarzi.com Signal: saragoudarzi.19

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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · Mar 18

For tips and pitches related to disruptive tech, I can be reached via email: [email protected] or Signal: saragoudarzi.19

Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · Mar 18

And if your field isn't climate/the environment, you might be interested in reaching out to my colleagues: @saragoud.bsky.social covers disruptive technologies; @mattyfield.bsky.social covers biosecurity and health; and @francoisdm.bsky.social covers nuclear energy and weapons

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 1d

"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."

How AI is fueling surveillance capitalism and undermining democracy

While some believe AI can be used to improve lives, others may exploit this knowledge for financial gain.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 2d

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

The AI Power Trip

Almost three years after its launch into the public sphere, generative artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every crevice of human life.

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Jeremy Hsu @jeremyhsu.bsky.social · 4d

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

Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 4d

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.

How Trump’s new H-1B fee will hurt Silicon Valley and AI startups

The Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications is threatening Silicon Valley’s ability to attract the world’s top talent.

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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 4d

Not a piece but @bcmerchant.bsky.social's book BLOOD IN THE MACHINE is a must read on the Luddites.

Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 4d

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.

How Trump’s new H-1B fee will hurt Silicon Valley and AI startups

The Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications is threatening Silicon Valley’s ability to attract the world’s top talent.

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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 8d

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

NASA missions at risk under the Trump administration

The Trump administration has proposed cancelling more than 40 NASA missions, including at least 14 Earth science missions.

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 11d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 12d

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. ⬇️

The risks in the protocol connecting AI to the digital world

Model context protocol is "a small technical standard that has quietly become the invisible infrastructure connecting AI to the rest of our digital world."

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 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

Putin just gave Trump the opportunity to maintain nuclear restraint. Will he seize it?

Extending New START will also give time for Trump to work with Russia and China on future arms control accords.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 14d

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."

The risks in the protocol connecting AI to the digital world

"This is generative AI in 2025—systems that can synthesize information across websites, email, and spreadsheets with sophistication but trip up with something as simple as calendar event start times."

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 14d

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.

Trump dissed world leaders at the UN while asking for their help on a bioweapons prevention plan

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...

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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 14d

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.

The risks in the protocol connecting AI to the digital world

Model context protocol (MCP), the infrastructure connecting AI to the rest of our digital world, wasn’t built for what it’s doing now.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 16d

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. ⬇️

Goodbye, glaciers. Hello, engineered ice cones?

"In a warming world, these artificial ice towers may help to steal another winter from the thaw and give communities a fragile but vital lifeline during the droughts of the future."

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 23d

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.

The AI Raj: How tech giants are recolonizing power

Just as the East India Company’s success justified new powers, AI firms seek to leverage technical prowess to assume public functions.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 21d

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

Business Insider reportedly gives journalists green light to write stories with AI — and it won’t tell readers

The policy makes Insider one of the first major US newsrooms to permit such extensive use of the technology.

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 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

Updating the 'Atoms for Peace' bargain for the new nuclear age

To make America a leader once again in the global nuclear industry, the US nonproliferation regime and nuclear export policies need a revamp.

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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 23d

"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-...

The AI Raj: How tech giants are recolonizing power

Just as the East India Company’s success justified new powers, AI firms seek to leverage technical prowess to assume public functions.

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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 23d

"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-...

The AI Raj: How tech giants are recolonizing power

Just as the East India Company’s success justified new powers, AI firms seek to leverage technical prowess to assume public functions.

thebulletin.org

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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 27d

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...

Ticking time bogs: How to save a vast archive of human history—and a vital carbon sink

Climate change and extractive industries have decimated Ireland’s peat bogs. Archaeologists, environmentalists, and energy developers are clashing over the best way to steward these ecosystems and the...

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 29d

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.

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#IndianOcean #nuclearweapons #nukesky @dawnstover.bsky.social

Why the Indian Ocean may be home to the next nuclear crisis

Regional conflicts, great-power rivalries, and nuclear deterrence are increasingly intersecting in the Indian Ocean. An ocean-centric perspective can help policy makers avoid unintended escalation in ...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · Aug 25

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. ⬇️

The Sarin shortcut: How AI lowers the bar for chemical weapons

Generative AI and off-the-shelf computational tool can make the synthesis and use of nerve agents for nefarious purposes more probable.

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · Aug 21

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.

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How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy

The only way data and AI can be used for good is with restrictive controls to prevent damage to democracy.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 21

Great piece by @geomblog.bsky.social

. AI development is framed by countries around the world as an “arms race.” Good use cases of AI easily, and frequently do, turn to bad. The production of AI systems requires huge amounts of data collection and energy use. The inferences and insights generated by these AI systems can be downright dangerous in the wrong hands. All of this makes AI feel not a small bit like nuclear energy—radioactive, dangerous, and, yes, sometimes useful. The only way humans have been able to harness nuclear energy is with restrictive, well-designed controls, and while these might have limited some potential commercial opportunities, it has on balance helped keep the world safer and freer than without. I see no way for us to continue using AI without similarly restrictive, well-designed controls to prevent damage to our democracy and society and preserve its freedom and liberty.

Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · Aug 21

"As the lines between private and public data are blurred in modern society, many won’t realize that their private lives are becoming data points used to make decisions about them. AI has supercharged these capabilities..." writes ‪ geomblog.bsky.social.

thebulletin.org/2025/08/how-...

How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy

The only way data and AI can be used for good is with restrictive controls to prevent damage to democracy.

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