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Nobel Laureates Call for New Arms-Control Pact as AI and False Information Escalate Nuclear Threat

The declaration urges immediate negotiations for a successor to New START under strict testing limits with full stockpile transparency by nuclear powers.

A photograph hangs on a fence at the Trinity Site at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, on October 15, 2022. Trinity is where the first atomic bomb was tested in July 1945.
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Overview

  • Experts warn the risk of nuclear war is at its highest since the Cold War, with nine nations now armed and modern technologies eroding traditional deterrence.
  • The Chicago declaration highlights how fake images and false reports during a May India–Pakistan clash demonstrated how misinformation can push nuclear forces toward hair-trigger postures.
  • Nobel laureates called for immediate talks between the United States and Russia to craft a successor to the New START treaty, which expires in February 2026.
  • Signatories also urged a comprehensive moratorium on nuclear testing and full disclosure of stockpiles by all nuclear-armed states, specifically naming China.
  • They cautioned that militaries’ growing use of AI in intelligence analysis and early-warning systems risks accelerating decision timelines and magnifying errors that could provoke unintentional nuclear launches.