Eliezer Yudkowsky, 46, and Nate Soares, 37, are convinced that if artificial intelligence (AI) systems continue to improve, they will eventually surpass human capabilities. And when that happens, humanity will go extinct. They argue this could occur in a matter of months or within a decade. The title of their latest book is blunt: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All (Little, Brown & Co).

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Stock markets continue to perform strongly despite the mounting risks. Neither the war in the Middle East, nor the resurgence of inflationary pressures, nor fears of an economic slowdown have managed to slow down the equity market. However, beneath this apparent strength there lies an increasingly evident fragility: the growing concentration of the market. The bulk of the gains rests on an increasingly limited number of stocks, and the trend is particularly evident in the U.S. According to Goldman Sachs, 85% of the S&P 500’s gains so far in 2026 (10%) come from technology. Excluding the sector, the advance drops to 3%.

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On the first day of Cannes, artificial intelligence already sparked a debate between two jury members, Demi Moore and Paul Laverty. From that moment, the festival and the market running alongside it diverged in their reactions to the digital tool: while Cannes imposes limits on its use (even though one of its sponsors, which joined in 2026, is Meta, owner of Meta AI) and artists warn of its dangers, the market saw a rush of Chinese films made with AI and a handful of Western projects embracing its use. Filmmakers will be wary, but the industry has rushed to exploit AI.

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In 2021, Miriam González, a 35-year-old from Murcia, Spain, went to the doctor because she was bleeding from her breast. She was told to relax: everything was normal. But in 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. And, shortly afterward, she discovered it was metastatic, at stage four.

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