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Clarion call: recorder fans warn instrument heading for extinction

Top UK music school says pandemic has hastened decline in pupils playing Marmite of woodwind world

The Guardian - UK

Diversity of earless dragon is no shield to extinction threat

A study into a rare lizard has uncovered four subspecies, but their discovery could mean two of them are already lost forever.

The New Daily

If we’re going to label AI an ‘extinction risk’, we need to clarify how it could happen

Will artificial intelligence lead to the extinction of human civilisation? A scientists specialising in AI technology explains.

The Hindu

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AI is not going to wipe humans out just yet

I'm looking at a headline this morning that screams "AI Creators Fear the Extinction of Humanity", and I suppose they could turn out to be right. But it's still a bit early to declare a global emergency and turn all the machines off.

Bangkok Post

Hobby aviculturists believe they can help conserve endangered birds

Backyard breeders say they are ready, willing and able to bring some of Australia's rarest birds back from the brink of extinction.

ABC News

AI probably won't drive mankind to extinction but it can be harmful

Some experts warn that AI poses the risk of killing us all. If so, it's off to a good start.

Android Central

South Australia's protest laws are changing. Here's how

South Australia's parliament has passed laws increasing the fine and adding jail time for obstructing a public place in response to Extinction Rebellion protests in Adelaide. But legal experts have raised questions about the wording of the law and its potential consequences.

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AI industry begs someone to please stop the AI industry before all human life is extinguished by the AI industry

More than 300 researchers and industry leaders signed their names to a new statement warning of a potential extinction event.

PC Gamer

London Irish given final deadline to complete takeover to save club from extinction

The RFU has agreed to give the cash-strapped club another week to complete a takeover to avoid suspension from the Premiership

Daily Mirror

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Is AI really a threat to humanity?

A group of AI experts including the boss of the firm behind ChatGPT and the head of Google’s AI lab say that artificial intelligence poses a similar risk of human extinction as pandemics and nuclear war.

Evening Standard

Is AI really this big of a threat?

Scientists, experts call "BS" as AI industry faces backlash over "fear mongering"

Salon

Many new species are already gone

Extinction is "a very common phenomenon and revisiting museum collections

Salon

If we're going to label AI an 'extinction risk', we need to clarify how it could happen

This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement consisting of 22 words:

The Conversation

Experts say AI poses ‘extinction’ level of risk, as Congress seeks legislative response - Roll Call

The latest warning about AI from experts adds to the urgency for a government response from Congress and regulators.

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Evening Standard

Is the AI apocalypse actually coming? What life could look like if robots take over

From job losses to mass extinction events, experts are warning that AI technology risks opening a Pandora’s Box of horrors if left unchecked — are they right to be sounding the klaxon? Katie Strick reports

Salon

5,000 new species threatened by mining

Deep sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may threaten thousands of undiscovered species that live there

Radio France Internationale

Artificial intelligence may lead humanity to extinction, industry leaders warn

Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the "risk of extinction from AI", which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war.

Al Jazeera

AI poses ‘risk of extinction’, tech CEOs warn

Warning follows open letter earlier this year that called for a six-month pause on AI development.

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WEKU

Leading experts warn of a risk of extinction from AI

The AI programs we are creating could outsmart us and lead to our collective demise, according to the tech industry's leading experts who say it's time to address the threats they pose.

The New Daily

Artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction: AI experts

Trailblazers in AI technology, including OpenAI and Google Deepmind, have warned that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity.

TechRadar

Experts warn that AI is an extinction-level threat, and I wish they'd stop scaring us

Once again, the people bringing you AI are also telling you to fear it. Is this how AI saves the world?

The Guardian - UK

Risk of extinction by AI should be global priority, say experts

Hundreds of tech leaders call for world to treat AI as danger on par with pandemics and nuclear war

Fortune

What’s different—and what isn’t—about the new A.I. ‘extinction’ open letter

It’s attractively light on details, but the new statement also has a familiar flaw.

Fortune

AI poses a 'risk of extinction' to humanity, Sam Altman warns

The OpenAI CEO is one of hundreds of experts to warn against artificial intelligence's existential risk to humanity.

Irish Mirror

Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction of humanity, experts warn

Dozens of signatories - including AI researchers, engineers and tech executives - issued the sternest warning yet regarding the negative consequences of AI

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