https://www.scmp.com/rss/322017/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com We are ignoring a spectre on the horizon. It is the spectre of a global nuclear war triggered by artificial intelligence (AI). UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned of it. But so far nuclear-weapons states have avoided talks on this cataclysmic threat. They argue that there is an informal consensus among the five biggest nuclear powers on the “human in the loop” principle. None of the five say they deploy AI in their nuclear-launch command systems. This is true but misleading. They... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3303371/nuclear-war-started-ai-sounds-sci-fiction-it-isnt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3303371/nuclear-war-started-ai-sounds-sci-fiction-it-isnt?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Mar 2025 04:00:09 +0000 Since the United Nations proclaimed water as a sustainable development goal last September, a number of new initiatives and high-level panels have been launched by various groups of nations. China is not part of any of these initiatives, but it has begun to introduce substantial water policy decisions on its own, without engaging in the international discourse. In January, President Xi Jinping announced in Chongqing that Beijing would no longer allow large-scale development on the Yangtze River,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1928168/international-effort-manage-risk-water-resources-needs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1928168/international-effort-manage-risk-water-resources-needs?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:34:47 +0000