Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100
Malicious use of AI and nuclear conflict are named as top dangers in a new global risk assessment.
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Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100
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What this story says
- A report in The Lancet identifies 17 major threats to human survival by 2100.
- Malicious use of artificial intelligence and nuclear conflict are named as the top two threats.
- Other identified threats include climate change, obesity, antimicrobial resistance, and pandemics.
- The report stresses that these threats are interconnected and require joint action.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 43 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 64 of the 107 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
68/100
107 sources · methodology
Seventeen major threats to human survival by the year 2100 have been identified in a report published in The Lancet. The assessment highlights the malicious use of artificial intelligence and nuclear conflict as the most significant dangers. Other identified threats include climate change, obesity, antimicrobial resistance, and pandemics. The report's authors suggest these threats are interconnected and should be addressed collectively.
Coverage
Omissions
None of the left-rated digests mention the specific number of experts involved in preparing the report. None of the centre-rated digests mention the specific number of experts involved in preparing the report. None of the right-rated digests mention the specific number of experts involved in preparing the report.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 7 times, most recently on 12 Oct 2026, 09:30, and will add the sides that appear.
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Threats range from nuclear war to obesity
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
14 rated outlets
- Digests from left-rated outlets led on the report's warning that artificial intelligence and nuclear war threaten humanity's extinction by 2100. These reports mentioned the 17 identified threats, including disease, social and economic conditions, environmental change, technology, and conflict. Some digests noted that action to prevent nuclear conflict could avert an estimated 133 million deaths. One digest stated that India faces all 17 threats and quoted Dr Soumya Swaminathan calling for long-term planning and a stronger Indian voice in global health negotiations.
Centre
17 rated outlets
- Digests from centre-rated outlets focused on the report's identification of 17 "catastrophic threats" to human health over the next 75 years, including the climate crisis and child malnutrition. These reports highlighted nuclear war and the malicious use of AI, particularly its potential role in developing bioweapons, as existential threats. One digest mentioned that the threats are interlinked and should be addressed jointly.
Right
12 rated outlets
- Digests from right-rated outlets highlighted the report's warning that humanity could be extinct by 2100 due to 17 interrelated factors. Nuclear war and the malicious use of artificial intelligence were frequently cited as the top threats. Some digests mentioned that the report was prepared by a commission of experts and that the threats must be addressed jointly, not in isolation. One digest noted that the British magazine Lancet identified these threats.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100?
- Of the 43 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 31% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 29% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 107. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100 left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 43 rated outlets on this story, 31% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 29% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100 biased?
- Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100 is one event reported by 107 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Lancet report identifies 17 threats to human survival by 2100?
- 107 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What are the main threats to human survival identified by the Lancet report?
- The Lancet report identifies 17 major threats to human survival by 2100. The top two threats highlighted are the malicious use of artificial intelligence and nuclear conflict. Other significant dangers include climate change, obesity, antimicrobial resistance, and pandemics.
- Why are the identified threats considered interconnected?
- The report suggests that the 17 identified threats are interconnected, meaning they influence and exacerbate one another. Because of this interconnectedness, the authors recommend that these threats should be addressed jointly rather than in isolation to be effective.
- What specific concerns are raised about artificial intelligence?
- The report specifically flags the malicious use of artificial intelligence as a major threat. This includes concerns about its potential role in developing bioweapons and its deliberate application for harmful purposes, posing a significant risk to humanity's future.
Read it at the source
107 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
14- The Study: "Humanity Is 75 Years Old to Avoid Extinction: Here Are the 17 Threats" (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
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- Lancet releases 17 threats to health: India faces all of them (opens Indian Express in a new tab)
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- AI and nuclear war threaten human extinction by 2100, report warns (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
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- AI and nuclear war threaten human extinction by 2100, report warns (opens The Independent in a new tab)
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- Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War Threaten Humanity's Extinction by 2100, Report Warns (opens Telegrafi in a new tab)
- Nuclear conflict, malicious AI use could threaten humanity’s survival by 2100, Lancet warns (opens bdnews24.com in a new tab)
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- Is the End of Humanity Coming in 2100? The 17 Threats that Portend an Ominous Future (opens in.gr in a new tab)
- Greatest threats to humanity revealed as two could wipe us out by next century (opens Metro News in a new tab)
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- Threats | Scientists Warn: Humanity Could Become Extinct by 2100 (opens Helsingin Sanomat in a new tab)
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- AI and Nuclear Conflict Named as Threats of Human Extinction by 2100 (opens UNN in a new tab)
- Humanity Risks Disappearing in the Next 75 Years Due to a Nuclear War and AI, Predicting the Experts of the Commission Lancet - HotNews.ro (opens Hot News in a new tab)
- A Nuclear Conflict and the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence Slip Between Threats to Global Health: “It Would Be an Apocalypse” (opens El Pais in a new tab)
- Scientists List the 17 Main Threats to Human Health by 2100 (opens Le Monde in a new tab)
- Global Experts Identify 17 “Catastrophic” Threats To Human Health This Century – Including 2 With “Extinction Potential” (opens IFLScience in a new tab)
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Centre
17- A Nuclear War or the Malicious Use of AI: the 17 Threats that Could End Humanity in the Year 2100 (opens 20minutos in a new tab)
- AI and nuclear war threaten human extinction by 2100, report warns (opens Sky News UK in a new tab)
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- Nuclear war, AI-enabled bioweapons could wipe out humanity by 2100: Lancet report (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
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- The End of Humanity by 2100? Nuclear War and the Misuse of Artificial Intelligence (opens 24ur.com in a new tab)
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- Obesity, AI, Nuclear conflict... Here Are the Main Threats to Human Health by 2100, According to Scientists (opens TF1 INFO in a new tab)
- Nuclear War and the Deliberate Misuse of IA, Among the Dangers that Could Lead to the Disappearance of Humanity by 2100 (opens Digi 24 in a new tab)
- AI Misuse and Nuclear War Pose Extinction Risks - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) (opens Benzinga in a new tab)
- AI Is Among the 17 Potentially "Catastrophic" Threats that, According to Researchers, Require Specific Measures (opens Local 3 News in a new tab)
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- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens kioncentralcoast.com in a new tab)
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- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KVIA in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KTBS in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KRDO in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KMIZ in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KIFI in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KEYT in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KESQ in a new tab)
- AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action (opens KDRV in a new tab)
Right
12- Nuclear War and Artificial Intelligence Can Lead Humanity to Extinction by 2100 (opens Sapo in a new tab)
- Scientists Have Ranked All the World's Health Threats. This Is What Norway Fears the Most. (opens Aftenposten in a new tab)
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- Nuclear War and AI Misuse Could Lead to Human Extinction by 2100 (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- By the end of the 21st century, humanity may be threatened by 17 interrelated factors that can lead to the extinction of humans on the planet (opens news-pravda.com in a new tab)
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- Experts with a Grim Doomsday Message: It Could All Be over by the Year 2100 (opens BT in a new tab)
- Experts Identify 17 'Catastrophic' Threats to Human Health – Including 2 with 'Potential Extinction'; See What Are (opens Globo in a new tab)
- A Scientific Commission Identifies the 17 Global Catastrophes that Will Be a Threat Before 2100 (opens La Razón in a new tab)
- Humanity Could Be Extinct by 2100. Nuclear War and AI Among the Threats (opens tvp.info in a new tab)
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- AI and nuclear war threaten human extinction by 2100, report warns (opens khbrknews in a new tab)
- British Scientists Predicted that Mankind Would Be Extinct by 2100 because of I.E. (opens vz.ru in a new tab)
- The Lancet: AI Abuse and Nuclear War Pose a Direct Risk to Humanity's Extinction by 2100 (opens BNR Nieuwsradio in a new tab)
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- AI, Nuclear War, Bioweapons May Trigger End Of Humanity By 2100: Report (opens NDTV in a new tab)
Not rated
64- Existential Threat! Nuclear War and AI Misuse Danger To Human Extinction Risk Before 2100, What Can Save Humanity? (opens dnpindia.in in a new tab)
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- Harmful Use of AI - a Threat to Humanity (opens IMPACT in a new tab)
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- Will There Be Extinction by 2100?; Experts Warn Again About AI (opens Nakkheeran in a new tab)
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- Explainer: Humans Could Be Wiped Out From Earth in the Next 73 Years, a Frightening Claim in a Lancet Report; What Could Be the Reason? (opens Amar Ujala in a new tab)
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- Experts: Humanity Could Be Extinct by 2100 - Onlíner Technologies (opens onliner.by in a new tab)
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- Nuclear War and Artificial Intelligence Top the "Extinction List" of a Leading Committee of Scientists (opens Naftemporiki in a new tab)
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- Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment (opens nuclear-news in a new tab)
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- Scientists Have Ranked All the World's Health Threats. This Is What Norway Fears the Most. (opens bt.no in a new tab)
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- Malicious Use of AI Threatens End of Humanity Until 2100 (opens Folha de S.Paulo in a new tab)
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- Scientists Have Calculated when Nuclear War and Artificial Intelligence Could End Humanity (opens Magyar Nemzet in a new tab)
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- Warning: Humanity Could Be Extinct by the Year 2100 (opens Nettavisen in a new tab)
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- #World: A Nuclear War or the Malicious Use of AI: the 17 Threats that Could End Humanity in the Year 2100 #FVDigital (opens Felix Victorino in a new tab)
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- Why Humanity Won't Live to 2100: Scientists' Warning (opens e1.ru in a new tab)
- The Future of Mankind in Danger, What Could Cause the Disappearance of the Human Species by 2100. (opens olt-alert.ro in a new tab)
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- From Nuclear War to Income Inequality: The Biggest threats... (opens frognews.bg in a new tab)
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- 17 Major Dangers to Humanity. It Could Cause the Loss of over a Billion Years of Healthy Life - Commission Report Lancet (opens spotmedia.ro in a new tab)
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- The Evil Use of AI Is Seen as a Threat to Humanity by the Year 2100 (opens economica.net in a new tab)
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- Study Points Out 17 "Catastrophic" Threats to Health; Two Can Extinguish Humanity (opens infomoney.com.br in a new tab)
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- Lancet panel warns malicious AI and nuclear war threaten human survival by 2100 (opens dongascience.com in a new tab)
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- Experts Warn of Human Extinction, 17 Serious Threats Lurking (opens Index in a new tab)
- These 17 THREATS Could Endanger Millions of People: Some Are More Dangerous than We Think (opens vecernji.ba in a new tab)
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- AI and nuclear war threaten human extinction by 2100, report warns (opens revolutionradio.com in a new tab)
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- A Team of International Researchers Warns that Nuclear War and Artificial Intelligence Risk Leading to the Decline of Mankind by 2100 (opens Gândul in a new tab)
- Nuclear War and Artificial Intelligence Could Bring the End of Humanity by 2100: What the Commission's Data Shows The Lancet (opens unimedia.info in a new tab)
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- How Could AI Bring About the End of humanity... (opens Futura in a new tab)
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- Lancet: Mankind Could Disappear by 2100, Due to Nuclear Conflict and the Malicious Use of AI (opens PSnews in a new tab)
- Researchers warn of 17 global threats to health and humanity by 2100 (opens CBC Barbados in a new tab)
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- Report: Nuclear War and the Abusive Use of AI Could Threaten the Existence of Humanity by 2100 (opens ZF.ro in a new tab)
- The Nuclear War and the Abusive Use of AI Could Threaten the Existence of Humanity by 2100. (opens Mediafax in a new tab)
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- Nuclear War | AI, Nuclear Threat to humanity.. Will Humanity End Before 2100? (opens namasthe telangana in a new tab)
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- Researchers Assess: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War Could Make Humans Extinct by 2100 (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- AI Misuse, Nuclear War Pose Biggest Threats To Human Survival By 2100 (opens tvcnews.tv in a new tab)
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- Humanity Is at Risk of Extinction by 2100: The 17 Biggest Threats According to a New Scientific Report | Pandora's Box (opens koutipandoras.gr in a new tab)
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- The Lancet: 17 Threats to Health by 2100, Obesity in the Face of Nuclear Power (opens Stéphane Larue in a new tab)
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- The World's Horrifying Study: The 17 Threats That Can Make Mankind Go Away By 2100 (opens GorjOnline in a new tab)
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- Lancet Magazine Assessment: Nuclear War and Destructive Use of Artificial Intelligence Threaten the Survival of Humanity (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- Health. Obesity, Inequality, AI... 17 Threats that Could Affect Human Health by 2100 (opens vosgesmatin.fr in a new tab)
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- Health. Obesity, Inequality, AI... 17 Threats that Could Affect Human Health by 2100 (opens republicain-lorrain.fr in a new tab)
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- Health. Obesity, Inequality, AI... 17 Threats that Could Affect Human Health by 2100 (opens lalsace.fr in a new tab)
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- Health. Obesity, Inequality, AI... 17 Threats that Could Affect Human Health by 2100 (opens bienpublic.com in a new tab)
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- A Scientific Commission Warns Against the Causes that Could Lead to the End of Humanity Within 75 Years (opens parismatch.com in a new tab)
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- From Nuclear War to Climate Crisis: 17 Threats that Could Endanger the Future of Mankind by 2100 (opens Adevarul in a new tab)
- New Study: AI and Nuclear War Threaten to Wipe Out Humanity by 2100 (opens Έθνος in a new tab)
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- Scientists Have Named 17 Threats to Humanity: Two of Them Could Lead to Extinction (opens ФОКУС in a new tab)
ФОКУС
- Humanity Is Predicted to Be Extinct by 2100 (opens azedu.az in a new tab)
- AI And Nuclear War Threaten Human Extinction By 2100, Report Warns (opens Great Yorkshire Radio in a new tab)
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- Lancet Commission: AI and Nuclear War Greatest Risks to Humanity's Extinction by 2100 (opens Bright in a new tab)
- Lancet Commission: Both AI and Nuclear War Could Bring the Apocalypse by the End of the Century (opens Heti Világgazdaság in a new tab)
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- The Lancet: Nuclear War and AI Can Destroy Mankind by 2100 (opens Life.ru in a new tab)
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- AI or Nuclear Conflict: According to Expert Analysis, Humanity Could Disappear by 2100. (opens Actualno.com in a new tab)
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- Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation (opens online-listing.com in a new tab)
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- Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation (opens ghanamma.com in a new tab)
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- The Year 2100 Could Mark the End of Mankind. The Two Major Threats that Alert Experts (opens Click in a new tab)
- Seventeen Catastrophes Threatening the World: It Is Not Just AI and Climate. (opens Duurzaamnieuws in a new tab)
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- Humanity Could Disappear Until the Year 2100. The Two Threats that Worry the Experts (opens Stirile Antena 1 Observator in a new tab)
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- Lancet: Nuclear Holocaust and Artificial Intelligence Threaten Humanity with Extinction by 2100 (opens flash.gr in a new tab)
- Lancet: The 17 Major Threats to the 21st Century – Two Could Lead to the Extinction of Humanity (opens LiFO in a new tab)
- Commission Report Lancet: Humanity Could Disappear by 2100 Due to AI or a Nuclear Conflict • Newsweek Romania (opens newsweek.ro in a new tab)
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- While Artificial Intelligence Brings the Apocalypse About Humanity. A Scientific Study Has Found the Answer (opens Stirile Pro TV in a new tab)
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- Possible Causes of Human Extinction Before 2100 (opens TUOI TRE ONLINE in a new tab)
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