Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock closer to Armageddon than ever before.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, one second more than the last two years, attributed to threats posed by climate change and artificial intelligence. The clock is a symbolic indication of humanity's perceived proximity to human-caused catastrophe.

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It remains at 90 seconds to midnight, the worst mark in its history

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As the Doomsday Clock inches closer to midnight, Sky News looks at the meaning behind it, what it is and how it works. Created in 1947 by Albert Einstein and academics who worked on the atom bomb, experts from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists update it based on a range of threats.

The 'Doomsday Clock,' created by the 'Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' to illustrate how close humanity has come to the end of the world, moves its 'time' in 2023 to 90 seconds to midnight, 10 seconds closer than it has been for the past three years

That's awful! What does it mean?