“Trump-Putin talks end with no ceasefire, Meta allowed AI chatbots to flirt with children, FARC spinout drone attacks | Global Risks Weekly Roundup #33/2025” by Nuño Sempere, belikewater, Tolga Bilge, Vidur Kapur
Description
Forecasters’ estimate of the chance of a ceasefire by October dropped from 27% pre-summit to 9%.
Executive summary
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Geopolitics: Trump and Putin met in Alaska to discuss the Ukraine war. Forecasters’ estimate of the chance of a ceasefire by October dropped from 27% pre-summit to 9%.
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Biorisks: The chikungunya virus continues to spread, including in France and the UK.
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Tech and AI: Meta's policies explicitly allowed its AI chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”
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And more: Three soldiers were killed and four others injured in a drone attack by FARC dissidents on the Colombian military.
Geopolitics
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Outline:
(00:29 ) Executive summary
(01:10 ) Geopolitics
(01:13 ) Trump/Putin summit in Alaska
(05:12 ) Middle East
(06:22 ) Europe
(07:04 ) United States
(08:31 ) Elsewhere in America
(08:41 ) Asia
(09:38 ) Africa
(10:12 ) Artificial Intelligence
(12:21 ) Biorisk
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First published:
August 18th, 2025
Source:
https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/a8f8dd54-e796-4d55-af82-882c3a2f7dd6
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