catastrophic
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Anthropic files to go public citing warning of catastrophic risks from AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Sufficiently advanced AI systems could, if not developed, deployed, and operated with appropriate safeguards, oversight, and security measures, pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," Anthropic said.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
This replenishment process does not mean that another catastrophic eruption is imminent.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The climate pattern known as super El Niño can lead to severe droughts, intense heatwaves, torrential rainfall and catastrophic flooding in different parts of the world.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Lelia cried easily, but back then in our early days I didn’t know and each time she wept I feared the worst, that it meant something catastrophic was happening between us, an irreversible damage.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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