{"id":182157,"date":"2026-01-27T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:50:10","slug":"the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doomsday Clock Jumps Closer to Midnight. AI Is a Big Reason Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why\/\">The Doomsday Clock Jumps Closer to Midnight. AI Is a Big Reason Why<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-27 17:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the &#8220;Doomsday Clock&#8221; up by 4 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight, highlighting escalating existential threats involving nuclear weapons and climate change.<\/li>\n<li>A lack of cooperation and the acceleration of deepfakes driven by AI have exacerbated issues, eroding trust in information systems.<\/li>\n<li>AI is both a disruptive technology and a supercharger of mis- and disinformation, complicating efforts to address existing global threats.<\/li>\n<li>The absence of reliable information undermines collective action against challenges like climate change and nuclear proliferation, described as an &#8220;information armageddon.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>There are growing concerns among experts and notable figures, including Pope Leo XIV and figures like Dario Amodei, about the potential negative impacts of AI on human relationships and decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the grave warnings, the Doomsday Clock aims to emphasize the potential to avoid catastrophe through expert solutions and public demand for action.<\/li>\n<li>Alexandra Bell of the Bulletin encourages seeking accurate information about critical issues and promoting solutions through political pressure and public advocacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Doomsday Clock Jumps Closer to Midnight. AI Is a Big Reason Why https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/the-doomsday-clock-jumps-closer-to-midnight-ai-is-a-big-reason-why\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/e04dea9310087520fca752e0cf31f24baa1a1ee6\/hub\/2025\/09\/26\/2893ec86-2d86-4545-98b0-65786bc6ffc6\/ai-cnet-2.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182159,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182157\/revisions\/182159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}