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Keith Rankin Analysis – AI Holocaust versus Nuclear Apocalypse
Keith Rankin writes; My key point is that a nuclear apocalypse would be more than a single-species suicide: it could be a murder-suicide that would destroy all life on Earth; indeed all life in the Universe if Earth is the only place with life. So, could an AI holocaust be a good thing? The answer has to be 'yes', if AI gets there first, killing only all humans and not all life.
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Source: New Zealand Police Emergency services are at the scene of a serious incident involving a train in Te Awamutu this evening. The incident was reported about 6.20pm. There is no ongoing risk, but Police ask the public to avoid the station at this time. ENDS Issued by the Police Media Centre
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Source: Media Outreach NANNING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 September 2026 – On September 16, as an international science and technology exchange platform included in the list of cooperation initiatives for the series of leaders’ meetings on East Asia cooperation, the Fourth Forum on China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Cooperation was successfully held in Nanning,…
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ANGEL’s KFC Indonesia Water Project Wins at Asian Technology Excellence Awards 2026 for Sustainable Filtration
Source: Media Outreach BANGKOK, THAIALND – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 September 2026 – ANGEL has been honored with the Sustainable Tech – Food & Beverage award at the Asian Technology Excellence Awards 2026. The award recognizes ANGEL’s nationwide commercial water purification deployment for KFC Indonesia, which delivers localized, sustainable water treatment solutions across the…
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Source: New Zealand First New Zealand First is today announcing the first part of a plan for a directionalchange of the health system and to ‘Make NZ Healthy”.No one will disagree that we have a crisis in our health system. Over the past threeyears we have been listening to kiwis, public health experts, doctors, and…
Whanganui Hospital ED averaged 680% capacity over a week
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