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‘Doomsday Clock’ Stays at Closest Position to Midnight Amid War, Climate Change, AI Threats
A science-oriented advocacy group on Tuesday said the Earth remains at its closest ever position to doomsday, citing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the climate change crisis and advances in artificial intelligence. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept its "Doomsday Clock" at 90 seconds to midnight – the same setting as in 2023. Midnight on the clock represents a theoretical point of global catastrophe and destruction. “Make no mistake: resetting the clock at 90 seconds to midnight is not an indication that the world is stable,” Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the group, said in a statement. “Quite ... (full story)
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