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Russian nuclear threat and AI emergence push Doomsday Clock closer to midnight

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight. This is one second closer to the theoretical point of annihilation compared to last year's setting. The clock is a symbolic representation created in 1947 during the Cold War, and its purpose is to represent the likelihood of human extinction.

    1. There are other potential hotspots around the world, including Taiwan and North Korea. Any of these could turn into a conflagration involving nuclear powers, with unpredictable and potentially devastating outcomes.
    2. We are watching closely and hope that the ceasefire in Gaza will hold. Tensions in the Middle East including with Iran are still dangerously unstable.
    3. At 89 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history.