extinction
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When asked by Fortune about the risk of human extinction, Altman said: "We all have a tremendous amount of responsibility, and cannot let egos or incentives for profit or anything else get in the way."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Speaking to reporters this week, President Donald Trump was asked if he had any concerns about AI leading to human extinction.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Despite this week’s alarm bells, the view that AI will lead to extinction of the human race is a fringe opinion among industry experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
That long coexistence changed dramatically 66 million years ago, when an asteroid struck Earth and triggered a global mass extinction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
In the Pacific Ocean, the main wave of extinction began in about 1500 BC, when Polynesian farmers settled the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
It leads the world in mammal extinctions, and medals when it comes to the loss of other species classes too.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Many of the culprits then were the same as those still driving extinctions across the nation today.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It may also have contributed to mass extinctions by changing ocean chemistry, climate, and the amount of oxygen available in seawater.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
"These extinctions were driven by relatively rapid climate shifts and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions," says co-author Dr. Paul Scofield, Senior Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Smith’s revelation regarding strata heightened the moral awkwardness concerning extinctions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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