Malicious AI and Nuclear Famine Carry Low-Probability Extinction Risk This Century, Lancet Commission on 17 Global Threats Finds
Nature World News | 15.10.2026 13:36
Two of the 17 threats a major international commission has mapped for the rest of this century carry the potential to end humanity, though the experts behind it stress that the chance of either happening is low. The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health named the malicious use of artificial intelligence, including AI-assisted bioweapons, and nuclear conflict followed by nuclear famine as the only two risks in its extinction tier.
