Robots don't eat promises, and drones eat cheap missiles: a survival manual from Naftogaz to Dickens

Larry Fink (BlackRock) warns that AI risks deepening wealth inequality, concentrating capital among elite tech owners—a sentiment echoed by Bloomberg’s suggestion that 19th-century Victorian literature offers the best guide for surviving this new "Industrial Revolution." While OpenAI pledges $1 billion to mitigate AI’s social risks, The New York Times highlights Ukraine’s role as a global laboratory for anti-drone defense, a model now essential for the Middle East’s energy security.

On the geopolitical front, historian Dieter Langewiesche (NZZ) argues that the war in Ukraine is a nation-defining struggle that rarely ends without capitulation. Meanwhile, reports from The Washington Post on Russian interference in Hungary and NZZ on the lavish lifestyle of Fidel Castro’s grandson amidst Cuba's collapse illustrate the ongoing clash between authoritarian narratives and harsh economic realities. Finally, Sky News conveys the UN's urgent warning: every climate indicator is "flashing red" as the planet reaches record energy imbalances.

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