Artificial intelligence was not listed as a chief concern two years ago, the last time the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the clock closer to global catastrophe.

A science-oriented advocacy group says the Earth is moving closer to destruction. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight,

The Doomsday Clock is now set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to implosion. The proximity to midnight reflects the scale of escalating

The Doomsday Clock moves to a historic 89 seconds, citing AI and bioengineering risks as major threats to humanity. Explore the implications of this warning

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In what may not come as much of a shock to many, the Doomsday Clock has inched closer to midnight and is now 89 seconds away from the ominous hour. It's the closest the two hands have ever been to the symbolic 12 on the clock face in its 80 years.

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The Doomsday Clock, which symbolises the current threat of global annihilation, has ticked closer to midnight than ever before, fuelled by the threat from AI and lab leaks.

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

On January 28, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists updated the Doomsday Clock from 90 to 89 seconds until "midnight," as world-ending threats continue escalating at

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On Tuesday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock forward by a second. The clock, created in 1947 by concerned scientists behind the first atomic weapons, including Albert Einstein and J Robert Oppenheimer,