Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight amid nuclear and AI threats

January 29, 2024

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The world remains the closest it has ever been to the symbolic hour of the apocalypse, with the Doomsday Clock set once again to 90 seconds to “midnight” for 2024.

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