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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay

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

A man in a white jacket holding a stethoscope to a globe
An environmental protest at Cop28, the UN climate summit in Dubai, 2023. Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

Humans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to malicious use of AI or nuclear conflict, according to a new global risk assessment.

They top a list of 17 major threats to human health over the next 75 years, which also includes cuts to aid spending by wealthy countries, the climate crisis and childhood malnutrition.

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