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AI affects everyone – including Indigenous people. It’s time we have a say in how it’s built

Since artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream over the past two years, many of the risks it poses have been widely documented. As well as fuelling deep fake porn, threatening personal privacy and accelerating the climate crisis, some people believe the emerging technology could even lead to human extinction.

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Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction

Nobel Prize winner and physicist gives former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever a hat tip for his contributions to developing safe AI and firing Sam Altman for his missteps, including focusing on generating focus and abandoning the firm's founding mission.

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Tiny parasitic wasp helps save one of world’s rarest birds from extinction

Wasps released on Nightingale Island have protected Wilkins’ bunting by halting spread of mould-causing insects

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“A whole generation of bands are standing on the brink of extinction. Look around and see how many have gone”: How Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes became one of American rock’s great unsung heroes

Slash, Billy Gibbons and members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Doors – they’re all fans of Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes

Louder

Sharks are the great survivors, but the Meg is toast

Sharks have survived five extinction events over 500 million years thanks to their sensory "superpowers", but now the fish are being killed in the millions.

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Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question.

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

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Mass extinctions on Earth can help us find alien life in the cosmos. Here's how

The history of life on Earth offers clues to aid the search for complex life elsewhere in the cosmos.

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Alpine dingoes at risk of extinction after Victorian government extends right to cull

At least 468 shot by government controllers last year out of an estimated population of as few as 2,640 in the state’s east, advocates say

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Zoo unleashes roar power to get people in these school holidays

Meet and greet live dinosaurs as a part of new extinction trail.

The Canberra Times

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species – most likely to be under threat of extinction

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Growing a ‘word forest’: the Kenyan teacher trying to save her language from extinction

The Yaaku people long ago assimilated with the majority Maasai, and few still speak Yaakunte, but there is a new determination to save their culture – and their forest – before it disappears

The Guardian - UK

Ancient DNA Brought the World’s Most Threatened Cat Species Back From the Brink of Extinction

One of the most severe cases of reduced genetic diversity is the Iberian lynx, once the world’s most threatened cat species.

Inverse

‘You could single-handedly push it to extinction’: how social media is putting our rarest wildlife at risk

From breeding spots overrun by visitors to photographers disturbing endangered species, experts say the rarer the find is, the bigger the problem

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Human genome stored inside near-indestructible '5D memory crystal' that could survive to the end of the universe

The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, researchers say. But not everyone is convinced.

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Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims

A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.

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How did sharks become Earth's 'ultimate survivors'? Paleontologist John Long finds answers in new book 'The Secret History of Sharks'

"The Secret History of Sharks" author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons, and how he got over his fear of great whites.

The Conversation

Ancient DNA helped us uncover the Iberian lynx’s potential secret weapon against extinction

Many large mammals have lost genetic diversity, often thanks to the actions of people shrinking their populations. The implications can be severe because without genetic diversity, a population does not have a “genetic database” to fall back on to adapt to environmental change.

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Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

A forested haven for species in danger of extinction will be turned into a housing estate after escaping the Black Summer bushfires.

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Mass animal extinctions: our new tool can show why large mammals – like the topi – are in decline

We could be witnessing the sixth mass extinction at an alarming rate worldwide. It’s marked by the rapid loss of species due to human activities like habitat destruction, pollution and climate change. Unlike previous mass extinctions, which were caused by natural events, this one is driven by human impact –…

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Shareholders test Coles, Woolies over extinction threat

Australia's supermarket duopoly is facing a double-barrelled shareholder challenge over fish farming threats to an ancient, imperilled species.

Inverse

Volcano Were Blamed for the Greatest of Earth’s ‘Big Five’ Mass Extinctions — Scientists Might Have Been Wrong

A new study reveals that an El Niño weather pattern in the world’s major ocean added to climate chaos and led to extinctions spreading across the globe.

Newcastle Herald

Inside the new hospital wing saving Port Stephens koalas from extinction

'We have proven here beyond a doubt that we will deliver'.

AAP

Coles rejects bid to help avoid ancient fish extinction

Coles shareholders have been told the supermarket giant won't support their efforts to protect an ancient, imperilled species from the effects of fish farming.

The Independent UK

Scientists store human genome on crystal which can last billions of years

The University of Southampton team hopes the data could be used to bring humans back from extinction in the future.

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Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus

Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You’re an accomplished sailor of the small watercraft you and your fellow villagers make, and you live off both the sea and the land.

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