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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

Guterres warns humanity on ‘knife’s edge’ as AI raises nuclear war threat

UN secretary general António Guterres
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, addresses the delegates at the general assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on 30 May 2024. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that the spread of artificial intelligence technology multiplies the threat of nuclear war, and that humanity is now “on a knife’s edge” as dangers to its existence coalesce.

Guterres’s warning is due to be shown on a recorded video to be played on Friday morning at the annual meeting of the US Arms Control Association (ACA) in Washington.

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