“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

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. We are bottlenecked on distribution, so we’d appreciate it if you shared our work with your networks. [...] ---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 --- First published: August 18th, 2025 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/trump-putin-talks-end-with-no-ceasefire --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.