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Surveys of AI researchers consistently report nontrivial probabilities assigned to human extinction from AI: A 2023 survey of nearly 2,800 researchers produced a median estimate in the 5% to 10% range.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Zaghari-Ratcliffe added there was only one, old industrial sewing machine in the prison and she was assigned to be in charge of its use.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

In George Redfox’s photography class, Cervantes and his classmates were assigned to take pictures of mini dinosaurs on the ground at varying angles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Because of its highly unusual anatomy, the insect was assigned to an entirely new genus named Carcinonepa.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

The Department of the Interior’s Office of Indian Affairs—which oversaw government relations with tribes and was later renamed the Bureau of Indian Affairs—had a field agent assigned to the Osage territory who knew Mollie.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann