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“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

August 18
13 mins

Episode Description

Forecasters’ estimate of the chance of a ceasefire by October dropped from 27% pre-summit to 9%.

Executive summary

  • 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%.

  • Biorisks: The chikungunya virus continues to spread, including in France and the UK.

  • Tech and AI: Meta's policies explicitly allowed its AI chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”

  • And more: Three soldiers were killed and four others injured in a drone attack by FARC dissidents on the Colombian military.

Geopoliticshttps://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/a8f8dd54-e796-4d55-af82-882c3a2f7dd6

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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