kill
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“We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade,” Hubinger wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Knotweed grows prolifically and is nearly impossible to kill.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
For a kill switch to work, tech giants would have to be compelled to do it at scale - especially in the US where the largest data centres are based.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The whales did not want to kill you,” explained Roz.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Kendall Omoruyi finished with 19 kills for 14-0 Sierra Canyon, which won the Mission League opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Last time a marine heatwave hit South Australia and Tasmania, there were starving penguins, fish kills, suffocating algae outbreaks, and jellyfish invasions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it's Satan," he posted on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The news that “Stranger Things” debuted 10 years ago and “Hannah Montana” is nearly old enough to drink kills off a few neurons in the parts of their brains that insist they’re still young.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
But, it’s no worse than some environmental factor on Sagan that kills everyone.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
A total of 2,977 people were killed that day in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Israeli authorities say 40 Israeli soldiers and four civilians have been killed.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
More than 2,000 U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan, and more than 20,000 injured.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
As to feeding: while mature dragons prefer live food, an infant will be satisfied with something that has already been killed.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
“Until the AI starts killing people, unfortunately, history would suggest we’re not going to do anything,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The mass surveillance is directly related to the mass killing," Abraham, 31, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
A spokesperson posted on X five days after the killing that the organisation had received "over 32,000 inquiries in the last 48 hours to start new campus chapters".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The conservancy was authorized to start killing deer in early September under a permit issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
There had to be some way to confront the Soviets, to eventually defeat them, without killing hundreds of millions of people.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
