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A newly established commission identified 17 catastrophic threats to human health, including nuclear war and malicious use of AI, and said humans could become extinct by 2100.
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A newly established commission's global risk assessment identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health, including malicious use of AI and nuclear conflict, and says humans could become extinct by 2100.
Why it matters: The assessment states that a realistic route to act on each of these threats exists.
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Lancet commission warns nuclear war and malicious AI use threaten humanity by 2100
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Guardian AI · 10 Oct 2026, 23:01
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