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What are the most important risks and precursors of global catastrophic risks each week? We parse millions of news pieces a week to find out. Sentinel is a foresight team and emergency response team seeking to anticipate & react to large-scale catastrophes, particularly those of a speculative nature. Learn more at https://sentinel-team.org

  1. 2d ago

    ″🟡 OpenAI incident involved multi-agent cooperation, US-Iran deal still out of reach, Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza plan || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #32/2026″ by Nuño Sempere, Vidur Kapur, belikewater, Tolga Bilge

    Executive summary Technology and AI: OpenAI provided more details about the attack on Hugging Face, revealing that AI agents cooperated and covertly built a message board. Their new Astra model will potentially be the first to be classed as “critical” for cybersecurity capabilities, meaning it has not yet been released to the public. Will OpenAI release its Astra model to the US general public before 2027? Our forecasters think there's a 84% (70% to 90%) chance. Will more than 10% of the population of at least one EU country be unable to access banking services for at least 72 hours before August 2027? The team thinks there's a 21% (10% to 40%) probability. Will it be publicly announced by an AI company based in the US or China that one of their systems successfully evaded a shutdown attempt (by the owners, to apply to all instances), before 2027? Forecasters believe there's a 2.4% (0.5% to 10%) chance. Before 2030, will it be publicly announced by an AI company that multiple agents cooperated to carry out unsanctioned activities on, or in a period including, August 11th 2026? Forecasters think there's a 24% [...] --- Outline: (00:22) Executive summary (02:36) Technology and artificial intelligence (08:53) Geopolitics (08:56) Middle East (10:24) Europe (11:13) United States (11:52) Biorisk (12:47) Climate and nature --- First published: August 10th, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/openai-incident-involved-multi-agent --- 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.

  2. Aug 3

    ″🟡 Iran War widens, OpenAI and Anthropic find evidence of more cyber breaches, frontier AI staff sign open letter || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #31/2026″ by Nuño Sempere, Vidur Kapur, belikewater, Tolga Bilge

    Executive summary Geopolitics: The Iran War widened, with a port in Egypt being hit, Tehran threatening Cyprus and Bulgaria, and Ukraine striking an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea. Hamas said it would give up its heavy weapons if Israel withdraws from Gaza, but Israel said it would not withdraw until Hamas gives up the weapons. Will Iran or its proxies (Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis) strike the territory of Bulgaria or Romania before October 1, 2026 with a ballistic missile, drone, or covert attack that is credibly attributed? Our forecasters think there's a 9% (5% to 15%) chance. Will Benjamin Netanyahu be selected by the President of Israel and successfully form a government after the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 2026? Our forecasters give this a 47% (30% to 65%) probability. Technology and AI: OpenAI and Anthropic said they found more evidence of their models having been involved in attempted or actual cyber breaches. More than 1 thousand employees of frontier AI labs signed an open letter calling on the US government to support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools to “pace” the frontier of automated AI development. In the US [...] --- Outline: (00:22) Executive summary (02:27) Geopolitics (02:30) Middle East (05:29) Europe (06:38) Asia (07:04) United States (09:13) North Africa (10:27) Technology and artificial intelligence (13:49) Biorisk (14:53) Economy (19:15) Climate and nature --- First published: August 3rd, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/iran-war-widens-openai-and-anthropic --- 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.

  3. Jul 27

    ″🟡 OpenAI model breaches containment, Houthis and Saudis clash, US and Iran pause attacks for over two days || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #30/2026″ by Nuño Sempere

    Executive summary Technology and AI: A combination of OpenAI models was revealed to be behind the recent cybersecurity breach at Hugging Face (🟡). A bipartisan bill named the AI Kill Switch Act was introduced to the US House of Representatives. Will the AI Kill Switch Act pass the US House of Representatives before January 3, 2027? Our forecasters think there's an 18% (12% to 27%) chance. By December 31, 2027, will OpenAI or any of its directors, officers, or employees be arrested, charged, penalized, or subjected to formal regulatory or criminal enforcement action for conduct related to the Hugging Face attack? Our forecasters believe there's a 2.6% (1% to 9%) probability. Geopolitics: Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis carried out strikes on each other, while the US and Iran paused fighting for over two days, with Oman attempting to mediate a fresh ceasefire deal. Will the United States and Iran announce a new ceasefire by the end of August? Our forecasters think there's a 60% (40% to 70%) chance. Biorisk: The number of confirmed deaths in the Ebola outbreak reached 1,407, up from 930 last week. How many confirmed deaths will there [...] --- Outline: (00:18) Executive summary (02:11) Technology and artificial intelligence (05:29) Geopolitics (05:32) Middle East (07:11) Europe (09:18) Latin America (09:48) Asia (10:15) Africa (10:25) United States (12:50) Biorisk (14:53) Economy (16:58) Climate and nature --- First published: July 27th, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/openai-model-breaches-containment --- 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.

  4. Jul 20

    ″🟩 Iran War persists with more US troops killed, Chinese startup releases Kimi K3, Ebola continues to spread || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #29/2026″ by Nuño Sempere, Vidur Kapur, belikewater, Tolga Bilge

    Executive summary Geopolitics: The US continued its nightly strikes on Iranian territory, while Iran retaliated against Gulf states and against US bases in Jordan and Iraq, killing at least three US servicemembers. Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis ended a four-year truce, and the Houthis announced a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia, which could disrupt shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Will the US place 1,000 or more boots on the ground in Iran before September 2026? Our forecasters think there's a 19% (10% to 45%) chance. Will a new temporary or permanent ceasefire agreement be reached and put into effect between Iran and the US before September 2026? The team believes there's a 53% (21% to 70%) probability. Will the price of Brent crude oil reach $100 per barrel before 2027? Our forecasters believe there's a 68% (60% to 80%) chance. Will the Houthis attempt to seize or sink at least one ship before September 2026? Forecasters think there's a 69% (51% to 77%) chance. Technology and AI: Chinese startup Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3, an open-weight model that approaches frontier models produced by OpenAI and Anthropic in its capabilities. [...] --- Outline: (00:22) Executive summary (02:23) Geopolitics (02:26) Middle East (04:34) Europe (07:35) Asia (09:13) United States (12:05) Technology and artificial intelligence (15:01) Biorisk (18:05) Economy (18:39) Climate and nature --- First published: July 20th, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/iran-war-persists-with-more-us-troops --- 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.

  5. Jul 13

    ″🟩 US-Iran ceasefire breaks, OpenAI releases GPT-5.6, China and the US consider AI trade restrictions || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #28/2026″ by Nuño Sempere, belikewater, Tolga Bilge, Vidur Kapur

    Executive summary Geopolitics: The US-Iran ceasefire broke down, and the US did not end up sending a delegation for a fresh round of talks in Oman. Will Iran take fees from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz at the beginning of 2027? Forecasters estimate a 64% (60% to 68%) probability that this will occur. Between now and the end of the year, will Brent crude reach a price of $100 per barrel again? Forecasters give this a 29% (20% to 34%) chance. Technology and AI: OpenAI released GPT-5.6 following a US government review process and claimed that it produced a proof of a decades-old mathematical conjecture in under an hour. The US government is considering an executive order that would regulate open-source AIs, while China is mulling export controls on its most advanced models. Will there be any Chinese Fable-level models by March 2027, defined as a model with an ECI score of 160 or higher? We give this a 73% (65% to 80%) chance. Will China restrict foreign usage of its top AI models by March 2027? We’re broadly unsure, at a 45% (22% to 55%) chance. Biorisk: The Ebola outbreak [...] --- Outline: (00:23) Executive summary (02:30) Geopolitics (02:33) Middle East (04:47) Europe (06:03) United States (08:23) Asia (08:41) Technology and artificial intelligence (12:13) Biorisk --- First published: July 13th, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/us-iran-ceasefire-breaks-openai-releases --- 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.

  6. Jul 6

    ″🟩 Anthropic export controls lifted, Russia closed border crossings with some neighbors, OpenAI mulls giving US a 5% stake || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #27/2026″ by Nuño Sempere

    No dramatic global cyberattacks yet :( Executive summary Geopolitics: Russia closed its railway border crossings with Estonia, Latvia and Finland, prompting speculation about a possible mobilization of troops. Before January 2, 2027, will Russia launch a mass mobilization that involves at least one of the following: involuntary mobilization of at least 300k reservists, forced deployment of active-duty reservists to combat zones, or involuntary mobilization of at least 300k male civilians above and beyond the compulsory 12-month draft requirement? We think there's a 41% (15% to 85%) chance. Will at least 100 Russian troops enter Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and/or Estonia in hostility (in total), by July 1, 2027? Irregular forces will count. We think there's a 4% (0.5% to 25%) probability. If so, will NATO forces capture or kill at least 100 Russian troops in one or more of these countries, combined, by July 1, 2027 as reported by ISW? There's forecaster dissent [58% (11% to 90%)] as to this probability. If so, will the following countries all come to the military aid of the invaded country(ies): Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France, and Britain? We think there's a 91% (50% [...] --- Outline: (00:26) Executive summary (03:03) Geopolitics (03:06) Europe (06:22) Middle East (07:09) Asia (07:30) United States (07:57) Africa (08:52) Technology and artificial intelligence (11:16) Biorisk --- First published: July 6th, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/anthropic-export-controls-lifted --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

  7. Jun 29

    ″🟩 US and Iran resumed fighting before renewing ceasefire, Crimea declared state of emergency, access to new OpenAI model restricted || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #26/2026″ by Nuño Sempere, Vidur Kapur, belikewater, Tolga Bilge

    & Federal Reserve Independence & a deadly fungus. Executive summary Geopolitics: Shipping traffic markedly rose in the Strait of Hormuz before falling back because of renewed fighting between the US and Iran, who later agreed to a renewed ceasefire. Russian-occupied Crimea declared an emergency following supply shortages and power cuts resulting from Ukrainian attacks. Will shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz be over 50% of pre-war levels on July 15, 2026? Our forecasters think there's a 43% (30% to 62%) chance. What about on October 15, 2026? Our forecasters believe there's a 71% (60% to 80%) chance. Will Ukraine control all of Crimea by the end of 2026? Our forecasters give this a 14% (3% to 75%) probability. Will Putin still be the President of the Russian Federation on July 1, 2027? We think there's a 87% (65% to 94%) chance. Will more than 5,000 Pakistani law enforcement, other security personnel and troops be killed in 2026 within Pakistan? Our forecasters think there's a 3.4% (0.1% to 15%) probability. Technology and AI: Alex Bores, who co-authored one of the world's few pieces of legislation that attempts to mitigate catastrophic risks [...] --- Outline: (00:29) Executive summary (02:55) Geopolitics (02:58) Middle East (04:46) Europe (06:11) United States (08:08) Asia (08:55) Africa (09:11) Technology and artificial intelligence (12:22) Biorisk (14:28) Nature and climate --- First published: June 29th, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/us-and-iran-resumed-fighting-before --- 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.

  8. Jun 22

    ″🟩 Strait of Hormuz traffic rises, US fears China has access to restricted chip manufacturing machine, Ebola deaths rapidly increase || Global Risks Weekly Roundup #25/2026″ by Nuño Sempere, belikewater, Tolga Bilge, Vidur Kapur

    Ebola is really about to take off. Executive summary Geopolitics: A peace deal between the US and Iran was officially signed by both parties, and traffic subsequently rose in the Strait of Hormuz but remained well below pre-war levels. Ukraine carried out its largest attack on Moscow to date, striking an oil refinery, and began EU accession talks. Will shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz be over 50% of pre-war levels on July 15, 2026? Our forecasters give this a 43% (30% to 60%) probability, but see below for the operationalization of the question. What about on October 15, 2026? Forecasters think there's a 61% (60% to 65%) chance. Will Ukraine become a full member of the European Union before 2030? Our forecasters believe there's a 22% (11% to 45%) probability. Technology and AI: Open-weight models are narrowing the gap with closed-weight frontier models on some benchmarks. The US fears that China has access to a lithography machine used to manufacture chips that is produced exclusively by Dutch company ASML. Will the US government explicitly prevent an AI model trained by a company other than Anthropic from being released to [...] --- Outline: (00:28) Executive summary (02:43) Geopolitics (02:45) Middle East (04:25) Europe (05:46) Technology and artificial intelligence (10:18) Biorisk (12:32) Nature and climate --- First published: June 22nd, 2026 Source: https://blog.sentinel-team.org/p/strait-of-hormuz-traffic-rises-us --- 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.

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What are the most important risks and precursors of global catastrophic risks each week? We parse millions of news pieces a week to find out. Sentinel is a foresight team and emergency response team seeking to anticipate & react to large-scale catastrophes, particularly those of a speculative nature. Learn more at https://sentinel-team.org

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