The UN and UNESCO drew attention to the problems of artificial intelligence
“The existential risk does not come from a robot-created Armageddon that will lead to our demise. The real existential risk is that we will all go crazy because we can’t believe what we see, hear or read… The fact that we have raised this conversation on a global level gives me great hope. The media has a very important role to play and it must reclaim its role as the “fourth estate” and we need it now more than ever. There are many ways to fact check the news, and that is what serious media organizations should be doing,” said Carme Artigas, co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Body.
The island of Madagascar and the southeast coast of Africa were hit by devastating cyclones
On February 6, 2022, a second cyclone, Batisirai, hit Madagascar, killing at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, causing floods, collapsing buildings, and knocking out power.
The number of refugees and migrants in 2021 has broken all previous records
More than 84 million people fled their homes between January and November 2021, according to the UN Refugee Agency
African elephants are on the verge of extinction
The number of animals that have lived on our planet for more than three million years has rapidly decreased to critical levels. African elephants have practically no enemies in their habitat; the reason for their extinction is human poaching.