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threat

[thret] / θrɛt /


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A recent Morning Consult online poll of 1,300 consumers conducted for The Wall Street Journal found that more than half of respondents agreed that AI poses an existential threat to society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The new camera glasses are also a threat, she believes.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

See more: Factory robots long posed a safety threat to human workers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Musk was for years outspoken about the threat he believed AI posed to humanity, and in 2015 helped create OpenAI to guard against it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the case of these short, stout creatures, it is because of their explicit lack of cunning that they refuse to cower, no matter the size of the threat.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The factors helping keep bond yields sticky stem from interlocking threats that are still squeezing the oil market like a vise:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But due process is endangered if victims can’t report allegations without facing public abuse and threats of being falsely accused themselves that it becomes psychologically impossible to live their lives.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The "Achilles Shield" agreement provides Athens with Israeli technology aimed at protecting Greece against a range of threats, including drones, aircraft and missiles.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

A growing list of threats, from violence to vandalism, has changed the calculus for what’s acceptable in public life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Tim wouldn’t be around to direct the press toward the evidence he’d planted that was supposed to point at one of the students who had previously been suspended for making threats.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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