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A Lancet commission identified nuclear war and malicious use of artificial intelligence as leading threats among 17 risks to human health, warning they could cause human extinction by 2100.

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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment

Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists Humans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to malicious use of AI or nuclear conflict, according to a new global risk assessment. They top a list of 17 major threats to human health over the next 75 years, which also includes cuts to aid spending by wealthy countries, the climate crisis and childhood malnutrition. Continue reading. . .

Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
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What will shape the health of the next generation?

A new Lancet Commission outlines 17 interlinked catastrophic threats to health and human survival between 2025 and 2100: tinyurl.com/342wzbj5 #21stCenturyThreatsToHealth @ihmeuw.bsky.social @unfpa.org
Promotional card for The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health. Text on card reads '17 catastrophic threats. One shared framework for action.' There are also icons representing each of the 17 threats, e.g. a thermometer for Climate Change and a brain for Poor Mental Health.
October 11, 2026 at 8:28 AM

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by Bob Hudson

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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists
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October 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM

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The 17 catastrophic threats–from climate change to antimicrobial resistance to malicious use of AI–are interconnected. The Commission doesn’t offer a fixed policy ranking but provides decision-makers with a common framework for coordinated action.
October 11, 2026 at 8:28 AM

by Martha Albertson Fineman

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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM

by Paul Dorfman

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I would add an 18th catastrophic threat: the rise of far right, authoritarianism, backed by technofascist billionaires
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What will shape the health of the next generation?

A new Lancet Commission outlines 17 interlinked catastrophic threats to health and human survival between 2025 and 2100: tinyurl.com/342wzbj5 #21stCenturyThreatsToHealth @ihmeuw.bsky.social @unfpa.org
Promotional card for The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health. Text on card reads '17 catastrophic threats. One shared framework for action.' There are also icons representing each of the 17 threats, e.g. a thermometer for Climate Change and a brain for Poor Mental Health.
October 11, 2026 at 8:38 AM

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The climate crisis in one sentence:
We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
October 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM

by The Lancet

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The authors provide three key recommendations:
👉 Build threat-ready, equitable health systems
👉 Back breakthrough innovations
👉 Track threats

Find out more: tinyurl.com/342wzbj5
Promotional card for The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health representing the three recommendations from the Commission. Computer-generated images of a hospital, light bulb, and a target sight have the following text below them. 1. Build threat-ready, equitable health systems that respond to a wide range of health threats, not just pandemics. 2. Back breakthrough innovation including new vaccines, antibiotics, obesity treatments, and climate technologies. 3. Track threats so that evidence keeps pace with emerging and changing risks.
October 11, 2026 at 8:28 AM

by Paul Dorfman

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#Nuclear war and malicious use of #AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment.

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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists
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El Pais
A nuclear conflict and the malicious use of artificial intelligence are among the threats to global health: "It would be an apocalypse"

A commission of experts identifies 17 major risks to humanity by 2100, and warns that climate change could escalate to an extinction-level threat in the centuries to come.

A nuclear conflict and the malicious use of artificial intelligence are among the threats to global health: "It would be an apocalypse"
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