
“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
Episode 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.
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Outline:
(00:29) Executive summary
(01:30) Geopolitics
(01:33) Trump/Putin summit in Alaska
(05:46) Middle East
(06:57) Europe
(07:44) United States
(09:11) Elsewhere in the Americas
(09:21) Asia
(10:19) Africa
(10:53) Artificial Intelligence
(13:02) Biorisk
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First published:
August 18th, 2025
Source:
https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/trump-putin-talks-end-with-no-ceasefire
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