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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 10 Oct 2026, 23:01 UTC. The headline in use is “Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists Humans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to malicious use of AI or nuclear conflict, according to a new global risk assessment.
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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
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