The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have produced their 2026 Doomsday Clock Statement, and it is pretty grim reading, as they assess that "It is now 85 seconds to midnight". They summarise all the awful and threatening things going on in the world very concisely.
This includes threats concerning information "... the AI revolution has the potential to accelerate the existing chaos and dysfunction in the world’s information ecosystem, supercharging mis- and disinformation campaigns and undermining the fact-based public discussions required to address urgent major threats like nuclear war, pandemics, and climate change."
As background "Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock two years later, using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to convey threats to humanity and the planet." Their website seems to have interesting material on various serious/alarming world issues e.g. this item (mainly a video) on the impact of US healthcare policy.
The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. (2026, January 27). 2026 Doomsday Clock Statement: It is now 85 seconds to midnight.
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/
Photo copyright Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 2026
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