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[00:00:08] of
[00:00:12] a
[00:00:14] of
[00:00:18] of The Russian capital comes under
[00:00:22] heavy Ukrainian drone attack overnight ahead
[00:00:25] of the third and final day of nationwide elections. Two people are killed
[00:00:29] and the Moscow region while
[00:00:31] a residential building and an oil refinery were
[00:00:35] of hit. That is
[00:00:37] of my boot, one of tens of millions being cast
[00:00:41] around the Donbas. Russian citizens go to the polls
[00:00:45] across the country, even in areas facing daily shelling and threats
[00:00:49] from Kief, but the people vow they
[00:00:51] of will
[00:00:51] of not be intimidated. Generally speaking, it is
[00:00:55] very difficult to intimidate me. It's just not in my nature.
[00:00:58] of Firstly, I don't recognize. landscate all and i don't watch him on
[00:01:02] tv. as for
[00:01:03] of scammers, they've already left me
[00:01:05] in alone.
[00:01:05] in we have lived too long to be intimidated. and in the
[00:01:09] stories that shaped the week, and industry top executives call for
[00:01:13] slowdown in the development of
[00:01:15] of artificial intelligence, despite pouring millions into the
[00:01:18] technology. that's as cheap Chinese AI models are
[00:01:22] breathing down
[00:01:23] of the necks
[00:01:23] of the
[00:01:24] of US tech
[00:01:24] giants.
[00:01:29] of
[00:01:34] Just after 8 am here in the Russian Capital and you're watching the weekly on RT
[00:01:38] International. My name is Donald Corder. Thanks for joining us in the
[00:01:42] of program. Now we start this hour with breaking
[00:01:45] news. Russia has come under its heaviest drone attack
[00:01:49] of the conflict so far, involving 1,600
[00:01:52] UAVs. The capital itself came under huge Ukrainian
[00:01:56] of drone of swarm overnight. 450
[00:02:01] of of these. targeted
[00:02:01] of Moscow. It comes as elections are underway across the country with Russia heading into
[00:02:05] its third day of voting. But to get more on this story now, we're going to cross
[00:02:09] live to Archi correspondent Isabella Blumberg. So Isabella,
[00:02:13] Kiyev has carried out a large-scale attack on
[00:02:16] of Moscow and the Moscow region overnight. What do we know so
[00:02:19] far?
[00:02:24] Thanks St. Well, the election is taking place, as you've mentioned as Ukraine
[00:02:28] continues its attacks. on Russian territory because
[00:02:32] of overnight
[00:02:32] in Moscow and the surrounding region came over serious barriage
[00:02:36] of drone attacks. now according to the to Moscow's regional governor,
[00:02:40] air defenses intercepted over
[00:02:42] 240 aerial targets across
[00:02:46] 17 districts in Moscow between 3:00 and 5 am
[00:02:50] Moscow time, but the numbers are now significantly higher when looking
[00:02:54] at the wider period here, because Moscow mayor Sid
[00:02:57] Sabanyan says that since yesterday, than
[00:03:00] 1,600 drones were intercepted across the various defense
[00:03:04] lines
[00:03:04] of and including around 450 drones
[00:03:08] approaching to Moscow to Russia's capital uh now in the
[00:03:12] Moscow region officials say that two people were killed and
[00:03:15] several others injured. another person was killed in the
[00:03:19] areahova district after a private house was set on fire
[00:03:23] after drone debrief fell on it. now in Moscow Sabanyan has
[00:03:26] also said that several drones reached a refinery
[00:03:30] here and another drone
[00:03:32] of also hit a residential building. now this attack has also led
[00:03:36] to the temporary closure
[00:03:37] of the four airports here in Moscow, but we will certainly bring you more details as
[00:03:41] they come in. well Bella, this comes while the third and final day
[00:03:45] of the state elections has kicked off in Russia. could you bring us more details on
[00:03:49] that? well, absolutely
[00:03:52] done, because as you mentioned, it's 8 am here in the Russian capital and
[00:03:56] across 11 time zones, voters are gearing up, to
[00:04:00] vote on the third and final day of Russia's parliamentary
[00:04:03] election and you know the central electoral commission is reporting that voter
[00:04:07] turnout is reaching almost full has reached almost
[00:04:10] 45% by the end of day two and it's not
[00:04:14] just overall Russia because we also have to take a look at the voter turn out
[00:04:18] in Russia's new regions in the special military
[00:04:20] of operation zone because in the Donietsk uh People's Republic voter
[00:04:24] turnout has reached over 80%. This is by day
[00:04:27] two and in the Zaparogia region. voter turnout had reached around
[00:04:33] a 72% and in the Kson region the voter turnout reached over
[00:04:36] 65, you can just tell how many people are going out there
[00:04:40] voting, casting their ballot, but it's also quite important to
[00:04:44] highlight here that this is the
[00:04:45] of first time that people are voting since the special military operation was
[00:04:49] launched back in February 2022, and for the
[00:04:53] first time in
[00:04:54] of modern Russian history we're seeing people from those uh four
[00:04:58] regions in the special military... and cast their ballot as
[00:05:02] Russian citizens. Now, so let
[00:05:04] me break down how these parliamentary elections actually work. The State
[00:05:08] Duma is
[00:05:09] a the lower chamber
[00:05:10] of the federal assembly. It comprises. 450
[00:05:14] seats. These elections take place every 5 years.
[00:05:17] 225 of those seats are determined by party listts, that
[00:05:21] means that voters are able to cast their ballot for a specific political
[00:05:24] party, and the other, the rest the 225 seats are
[00:05:28] determined by single mandate districts. That's when voters are able to cast
[00:05:32] the vote or cast their ballet a specific political candidate
[00:05:36] in the constituency or their district, but for the for a
[00:05:40] party to actually reach the dooma. has to meet this
[00:05:44] 5% threshold, it has to acquire 5%
[00:05:47] the public vote, and unlike a traditional you
[00:05:51] know one-day voting window, Russia has a three-day voting window
[00:05:55] starting on September 18th and ending today on Sunday,
[00:05:58] September the 20th. In terms of who's on the race, there are
[00:06:02] currently 10 political parties on the federal ballot, the first one
[00:06:06] being United Russia, this is a party that has enjoyed constitutional
[00:06:10] majority, it was founded in 2001. and its president Putin's
[00:06:13] party uh, then we have the communist party the Russian Federation,
[00:06:17] this is considered the oldest party on the federal ballot and is
[00:06:21] considered major opposition force to United Russia and remains the
[00:06:25] second largest faction in the duma. Then we have a just Russia and
[00:06:29] Paul suggests that it will be able to meet that 5% r that
[00:06:33] 5% threshhold and of course we have the liberal democratic party
[00:06:36] of Russia which for the first time is heading to the polls with the new chairman
[00:06:40] Leonard Slotski after the death of former charismatic leader Vladimir
[00:06:44] Zurinovski, and of course we have a relatively new party on the
[00:06:48] scene, this is New People uh party that was founded in
[00:06:52] 2020, and it managed to pass that 5% threshhold during
[00:06:56] those previous parliamentary elections that took place in
[00:06:59] 2021. Then we also have five non-parliamentary parties
[00:07:03] on the ballot, this is the pensionist party, the communists of Russia,
[00:07:07] Rodina, the Greens and the party of direct democracy, and
[00:07:10] at the same time it's not just Russia. voting at home because Russian authorities say
[00:07:14] that over 333 polling stations have been opened
[00:07:18] in over 150 countries uh
[00:07:21] worldwide and the new figure suggests that over
[00:07:25] 27,00 people abroad have cast the vote for these
[00:07:29] parliamentary elections, so to wrap up as we know polls will close
[00:07:33] at 8 uh 8 p.m. local time across Russia's western
[00:07:36] regions, we'll be watching and we'll bring you the latest figures as they come in. back
[00:07:40] to you, all right - correspondent Isabella Blomberg bringing us all the
[00:07:44] details on the state Duma Elections. Thank
[00:07:46] you. Now, the crucial choice is
[00:07:50] also being made in the country's territories which are coming under daily
[00:07:54] attack, as Isabella Blumberg recently mentioned, but despite the threat
[00:07:58] posed by Ukraine, people say that they are determined that their
[00:08:01] voices are heard. RT's Murad Gazdiav reports on how
[00:08:05] elections are being held under wartime
[00:08:07] conditions. Across two
[00:08:10] continents and 11. zones under ceaseless
[00:08:14] threat of attack, russians vote for their new
[00:08:17] parliament.
[00:08:29] in their millions, despite constant threats from
[00:08:32] Ukraine, threats of prosecution and
[00:08:36] persecution just for voting, attacks on
[00:08:40] polling stations, fakes and
[00:08:45] Yesterday and the day before, leaflets were dropped by drones across
[00:08:49] most of our region, containing calls to block the electoral
[00:08:52] process and urging people not to participate in the
[00:08:55] elections. Every day we are seeing a steady stream of two or
[00:08:59] three disinformation campaigns coming from the Ukrainian side,
[00:09:03] along with deep fakes and forged administrative documents.
[00:09:07] Yet, few are afraid. People are used
[00:09:10] to drones and missiles. "verbal threats no
[00:09:14] longer carry the same weight. tell me, have you been
[00:09:18] intimidated? did Zelensky threaten you saying you shouldn't go to
[00:09:22] these elections? in no way, he can't do
[00:09:25] anything. of course not. generally speaking, it
[00:09:29] is very difficult to intimidate me, it's just not in my
[00:09:32] nature. god forbid. firstly, i don't recognize the
[00:09:35] landscate all, and i don't watch him on tv. as for scammers,
[00:09:39] they've already left me alone. we have lived..." long to be
[00:09:43] intimidated and that
[00:09:46] is my vote, one of tens of millions being
[00:09:50] casted around the donbus an environment where
[00:09:53] people are actively being threatened, where electoral
[00:09:57] officials are receiving death threats, their families, their
[00:10:01] children, but with every vote cast in the don
[00:10:05] bass, the people the Dumbas show
[00:10:08] that those threats don't scare them,
[00:10:12] even strongly worded statements and
[00:10:15] condemnation could stop these elections. At
[00:10:19] today's meeting, the central electoral commission adopted resolution declaring
[00:10:23] that the organization and conduct of.
[00:10:24] They're
[00:10:45] too dangerous,
[00:10:48] says the former president of Ukraine. Elections as such are huge
[00:10:51] risk. Elections right now are a tsunami which could...
[00:10:56] Ukraine again,
[00:10:57] the irony, Ukraine professes to be fighting for freedom and democracy,
[00:11:01] but says elections are too dangerous. Russia,
[00:11:05] which kier accuses of aggression and tyrany, holds elections
[00:11:09] even in war. He's holding elections in
[00:11:12] September, he needs a united society that will support his united
[00:11:16] Russia. On the other hand doesn't need
[00:11:20] his society support, his term expired two years
[00:11:24] ago. and no one can do anything about
[00:11:27] it. he already controls all Ukrainian
[00:11:31] media, all newspapers and online publications,
[00:11:34] full spectrum propaganda. anyone who
[00:11:38] criticizes him can be sanctioned, ukrainian or
[00:11:41] otherwise, else sent a one-way
[00:11:45] trip to the front lines. so
[00:11:48] elections, i'm ready to do it tomorrow, but
[00:11:51] if we have the war, it's you can't do it. what?
[00:11:55] elections, how to make elections with the 9 million people who are
[00:11:58] abroad and what to do with the people who are
[00:12:01] temporary or live in temporary occupied
[00:12:05] territories. Europe of course, will bend over backwards
[00:12:09] to accommodate Zelensky. Kya calas, the
[00:12:13] EU's diplomatic figure head, is never one to
[00:12:17] overthink it, simple and cliche is her
[00:12:20] style. Putin hasn't had elections or Russia hasn't had
[00:12:24] elections in. 25 years, Zelensky is
[00:12:27] elected leader, elected in
[00:12:30] the free and fair elections, and of course during the war time, you
[00:12:33] can't have elections, Zelensky's corrupt ministers, his
[00:12:37] army heads simply don't mind, so long
[00:12:41] as the EU supports Zelensky, the aid money
[00:12:45] pours in and it can be divided up and
[00:12:49] shared around between friends. The only concern
[00:12:53] is the people of Ukraine. forced brutally
[00:12:57] to fight a war, they don't want to fight in by a
[00:13:00] president, they don't want blastered by
[00:13:03] propaganda, they don't agree with, and there's
[00:13:07] nothing they can do about it, but
[00:13:09] daydream. we must find legal, safe and realistic mechanism
[00:13:13] that will allow Ukraine to restore a full-fledged democratic process
[00:13:17] even under the conditions of a prolonged war. this is
[00:13:20] difficult, we must guarantee the right to vote for our military, for millions of
[00:13:24] ukrain. abroad and for those
[00:13:26] in the frontline regions, we must ensure the security the electoral
[00:13:30] process, the independence of institutions and trust in the
[00:13:33] results. if Russia could do it, then so could
[00:13:37] Ukraine, and the only thing stopping elections in
[00:13:40] Ukraine is the former president, one
[00:13:43] Zelensky who just doesn't want to
[00:13:47] leave.
[00:13:53] Well, it may be the last day of voting. there's still a ways to go
[00:13:56] before we know who will represent this vast country in parliament for the
[00:14:00] next five years. the first preliminary results will be available tonight
[00:14:04] after 9 p.m. moscow time, although the final figures will
[00:14:08] not be officially confirmed until October 5th. stay tuned
[00:14:12] here on RT for the latest updates regarding the
[00:14:14] elections.
[00:14:26] And as Russia is choosing its future, Ukraine continues to struggle
[00:14:30] with severe money problems. This time, Vladimir Zelensky has
[00:14:34] complained to his western allies that Kiev's deficit has reached
[00:14:37] its peak, and he's now begging for more financial
[00:14:40] aid. Yesterday, I spoke
[00:14:44] with the president the European Commission, Ursela Vonder Lion.
[00:14:48] She and I will meet soon. We are preparing some proposals to address the
[00:14:52] deficit, the one I was talking about. the astronomic
[00:14:56] one, we will nonetheless find resolution. I already know
[00:14:59] that, some things have already agreed upon. Vladimir
[00:15:03] Zelensky is complaining to his western patrons as he searches for
[00:15:07] money yet again, astronomic deficit, but he
[00:15:11] says it can all be resolved. Ukraine is now falling short by
[00:15:15] some 27 billion US dollars and it has other
[00:15:18] choice, but to tighten its grip on the state budget, strict
[00:15:22] austerity measures are in place, they can't. is in survival
[00:15:25] mode, and of course, the desperate need for foreign aid is
[00:15:29] obvious, even if it's conditional. the situation with state
[00:15:33] finances is approaching a critical point. i urge all members of parliament to
[00:15:37] pass the... necessary bills as soon as possible, as they are crucial for
[00:15:40] receiving international financial assistance. Ukraine risks
[00:15:44] losing a significant portion the $29.5 billion dollars in planned
[00:15:48] international funding. This is critically needed resource for balancing the
[00:15:52] state budget, funding social programs, and most importantly the needs
[00:15:56] the defense forces. Funding the conflict for another year doesn't come
[00:15:59] without tough decisions. With outside funding delayed, the country's
[00:16:03] economy is in jeopady. This week the screws have been tightened.
[00:16:07] even more. Starting today in Ukraine, only social
[00:16:11] spending, salaries for public sector employees and the maintenance the
[00:16:15] military are being funded. There is very little money left in the budget.
[00:16:18] In reality, this means cutting off funding for infrastructure
[00:16:22] projects. Let's take a look within a Ukrainian group of companies
[00:16:26] after Strada, which normally focuses on the construction and
[00:16:29] restoration of roads, bridges and metro lines. The
[00:16:33] conglomerate says all its infrastructure projects across Ukraine have come to...
[00:16:37] to halt, the reason the government has abruptly cut funding on
[00:16:41] all capital expenditures. all these programs intended to
[00:16:45] benefit the general population are now on pores and their
[00:16:48] resumption is nowhere in sight.
[00:16:52] today the state without any warnings, any discussion or
[00:16:56] dialogue stopped funding all capital expenditures on the same
[00:16:59] day. salaries of entire sectors the economy, interest rates
[00:17:03] on loans, payments to suppliers. this is definitely the main headache, not
[00:17:07] the... deputies or the ministry of finance, they have their own business plan
[00:17:11] and we are simply being presented with the facts. In this regard,
[00:17:14] Autostrada is forced to stop work on all
[00:17:16] objects. The suspension these massive state
[00:17:20] budget allocations is heavy blow and is very likely to
[00:17:24] cripple critical sectors. The result of this
[00:17:28] decision will
[00:17:28] be the cessation of energy protection the implementation of
[00:17:32] sustainability plans, the completion of started facilities,
[00:17:36] and accordingly, the sessation of entire sectors the
[00:17:39] economy, and what about the Ukrainian lawmakers,
[00:17:43] as the country plunges deeper and deeper into a financial
[00:17:46] crisis, the Ukrainian parliament is yet again a
[00:17:49] break, this one to last some 26 days, while
[00:17:53] Brussel says, no more funding until reforms are carried
[00:17:57] out. We have already mobilized nearly 15 billion euros
[00:18:01] for Ukraine this year. More is coming. We discussed the reforms needed in the
[00:18:04] Rada to unlock further funding and to keep Ukraine. moving forward its path to
[00:18:08] our union, the EU's lack of eagerness to send more money to
[00:18:12] Kiev doesn't come as a surprise. Ukraine says the
[00:18:15] $27 billion dollars it's lacking is due to rising
[00:18:19] military costs and stored legislation as well as delays in
[00:18:23] financing from its western bankers, but those explanations have
[00:18:27] raised questions in the EU. There was a loan that was essentially paid out of
[00:18:31] pocket by the European countries. They agreed this is going to be two years. We heard the
[00:18:34] president of Ukraine saying the payments will have to be... accelerated, there's now
[00:18:38] an open question about upfront uh payments, is that something that you
[00:18:42] think is justified and do you worry what was budgeted for two
[00:18:46] years may not last more than year?
[00:18:50] well, first of all we need to uh find out
[00:18:53] exactly these additional financing needs and then discuss
[00:18:57] with authorities how we are financing
[00:19:00] them, there are still open questions. in
[00:19:03] 2027, according to its finance ministry, the total volume.
[00:19:07] of outlays in the draft state budget of Ukraine will amount to over
[00:19:11] $163 billion dollars. That
[00:19:15] surpasses the amended 2026 plan by 19
[00:19:19] billion US dollars or 13.5%. All while
[00:19:23] state revenues aren't growing at the same pace and this means the
[00:19:26] necessity for international support is only expected to
[00:19:30] increase. The need for international support in 2027
[00:19:34] will be $52.6 billion dollars. We plan. to attract funds from
[00:19:38] the European Union, G7 countries through ERA
[00:19:41] financing, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Great Britain
[00:19:45] and other international partners. Ukraine has been
[00:19:49] consistent in running ever growing state budget deficit.
[00:19:53] The country's economy is being pushed ever closer to the brink of
[00:19:56] collapse, which is now as evident as ever with crucial
[00:20:00] civilian infrastructure projects simply being cast
[00:20:03] aside. A massive defense.
[00:20:07] deal is on the table between Washington and Riad. The state department
[00:20:11] has officially approved deal regarding the sale of F-35
[00:20:15] fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The agreement is valued at over
[00:20:19] $24 billion dollars and it represents a significant expansion
[00:20:23] the kingdom's advanced military
[00:20:25] capabilities. The U.S. Department of State
[00:20:29] has made determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the
[00:20:33] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their purchase of F-35 Lightning 2
[00:20:37] joint. strike fighter and related equipment. the estimated total cost
[00:20:41] is $24.3 billion. former
[00:20:44] US air force lieutenant colonelsky says that the
[00:20:48] US is selling solution. to a problem that it itself
[00:20:52] created: first off, you can't conquer a country with air
[00:20:55] power alone, that is well known, the United States likes to
[00:20:59] ignore that, because we have what we call air superiority
[00:21:03] everywhere, we say, can you achieve objectives with the
[00:21:06] F-35? not really, can you fight um
[00:21:10] people that are defending their own territory and have
[00:21:14] uh developed a robust
[00:21:17] defensive capability? No, no, you
[00:21:21] can't, we've seen this, I mean we the number of airplanes we've
[00:21:24] lost uh going up against Iran alone in the
[00:21:28] past six months has been uh just absolutely shocking now is
[00:21:32] this something where we create um
[00:21:36] a problem and then sell the solution of course of course it is that that's the very
[00:21:40] nature the United States military industrial complex yeah I think
[00:21:44] we're we're selling them precisely because it benefits America
[00:21:48] financially um it benefit. it's a military industrial complex here to
[00:21:52] sell these aircraft, it benefits the United States uh a a few
[00:21:56] different ways by having interoperable aircraft in Saudi
[00:21:59] Arabia and um being able to actually see what the Saudis are
[00:22:03] doing with those aircraft because the F-35 is is really a
[00:22:07] software driven platform so uh the things that it
[00:22:10] does, the functions that it has uh we will have insight into how
[00:22:14] the Saudies are conducting themselves, which is something that we want because we don't trust
[00:22:18] them, okay and neither does is... so
[00:22:22] um, this serves America's interest, it really doesn't serve
[00:22:25] Saudi's interest at all.
[00:22:29] Concerns are rising over the dangers of AI. Top executives have
[00:22:33] called for slowdown in model development despite trillions of
[00:22:37] dollars already being plowed into infrastructure investment. The
[00:22:41] warnings come amid the rapid growth of cheap Chinese AI
[00:22:44] models that put the profits of US companies under threat.
[00:22:48] Art's omema Ishar reports. AI was
[00:22:52] sold as the technology that is supposed to make life easier,
[00:22:55] faster and smarter, but now the people racing to build it
[00:22:59] are suddenly warning us to slow down, that dramatic you turn makes
[00:23:03] it hard not to look at twice, and some the loudest
[00:23:07] voices in the AI race are now warning about where this
[00:23:10] technology could lead. it's it's pretty obvious at this point that
[00:23:14] AI is can be very
[00:23:16] dangerous um and i i
[00:23:20] recommend reading the details the hugging face uh
[00:23:23] incident uh, it's
[00:23:26] intense, so you had like
[00:23:28] a fanatical swarm of AI agents that that beat the crap out of hugging
[00:23:32] face for a week, yeah and gained admin
[00:23:36] access on open ai service, so who knows
[00:23:40] what it what it actually did, may have done things beyond that, i've not looked at that
[00:23:43] bill more super closely, but i what i would say
[00:23:47] is that the idea that we need some way
[00:23:51] to, it's not a panasia, it's not the only thing, but the idea that we
[00:23:55] need some way to make sure that we
[00:23:59] can uh uh deactivate or limit or shut down
[00:24:03] AI models, that's not the only thing, if an AI model
[00:24:06] is is powerful enough it can circumvent attempts to shut it down, and we've seen that in
[00:24:10] simulations as well, but so it may not work at all, this concern is no
[00:24:14] longer confined to silicon valley, it is now reaching the
[00:24:18] highest levels of American. "this is something that is moving
[00:24:22] very fast in private hands and if we don't get top of it, I think can be
[00:24:25] dangerous. If we do get top of it, I do think it's
[00:24:29] beneficial. So the current worry seems to be that the more
[00:24:32] powerful these systems become, the harder they are to
[00:24:36] predict or control, and if simply switching a system
[00:24:40] off is no longer guaranteed to halt the work, the
[00:24:44] stakes become even higher, and that fear is now feeding
[00:24:47] push for more oversight." and even slowing the
[00:24:51] pace of development. when we talk about pacing, we do not mean
[00:24:55] stopping. progress has been rapid and will continue to be, but it
[00:24:59] should be slower than it otherwise could be. interventions like safety
[00:25:03] cases and monitoring have significant costs.
[00:25:06] pacing will be well worth this cost. no amount of American
[00:25:10] competitive pressure should justify recklessness or let
[00:25:13] capabilities get ahead of alignment and monitoring. these fears don't
[00:25:17] end with ceos
[00:25:18] or politicians. Researchers within the industry have reportedly
[00:25:22] also walked away warning that the race to build increasingly
[00:25:26] more powerful AI could eventually produce systems that humans
[00:25:30] can no longer control, so considering all
[00:25:34] that, the safety argument sounds convincing, but when Silicon
[00:25:37] Valley itself starts asking Washington to put the brakes a
[00:25:41] race worth billions, it's worth looking beyond the safety
[00:25:45] pitch, and let's ask ourselves who benefits when the race slows
[00:25:49] down, Vice President JD Vence has an idea: I feel a
[00:25:53] little bit weird about the fact that you have so
[00:25:57] many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and
[00:26:01] begging the government to regulate. It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trogen
[00:26:04] horse. A Trogen horse is quite the way to put it, because
[00:26:08] behind all the talk of safety, there may be much more
[00:26:12] familiar motive at play, and that's money, of course. The AI
[00:26:16] boom carries a staggering price tag, and the companies lead in it are
[00:26:20] spending billions before they know whether they can actually
[00:26:24] make those billions back. Chips, data centers, electricity,
[00:26:28] computing power, billions and billions poured into
[00:26:31] building big. and more powerful infrastructure, and the
[00:26:35] returns are struggling to keep pace. The industry's worst
[00:26:38] headache in the end may not be the AI is becoming too powerful,
[00:26:42] it may be that AI is becoming too cheap. Chinese
[00:26:46] competitors, for example, are putting enormous pressure
[00:26:50] on the market by offering powerful models a fraction the
[00:26:54] cost, threatening to make the economics of today's AI
[00:26:57] frontier look very different, and for lot these
[00:27:01] companies cheap. AI is not exactly good
[00:27:04] news. if you're anthropic or you're open AI right now, your biggest
[00:27:08] threat to your bottom line and your profits are these chinese
[00:27:12] competitors like deepseek and queen who are
[00:27:16] blowing out the profitability these frontier AI
[00:27:20] companies by offering uh competing products
[00:27:23] at about 95% the capacity at
[00:27:26] 1.5% the cost. imagine if
[00:27:30] your electric bill, uh was reduced from
[00:27:33] $200 one month down to
[00:27:36] $2.50 the next. the electricity
[00:27:40] company would be very upset with that, and so what we should
[00:27:43] see and the context we should acknowledge is the fact that these
[00:27:47] companies have veducier responsibility to maximize
[00:27:51] shareholder profits, and right now their biggest
[00:27:54] profit threat are these companies like Queen, deepseek,
[00:27:58] ZAI and the others that are offering competitive products.
[00:28:02] a fraction the price. These are businesses with
[00:28:06] investors satisfy enormous costs to cover in billions
[00:28:10] of dollars riding on the bed that AI will eventually pay
[00:28:13] off. So yes, AI could pose real risks for
[00:28:17] ordinary people, concerns that deserve serious attention, but
[00:28:21] the CEO is now calling for slowdown face another huge
[00:28:25] risk, sits right alongside the safety debate, the
[00:28:29] possibility that billions of dollars invested in AI.
[00:28:32] Simply want delivered the returns they expected, and when
[00:28:36] billions are on the line,
[00:28:38] the call to slow down takes a whole new level
[00:28:42] of complication. Well, that's all for this hour, but make sure to
[00:28:45] stay with us, we're going to be back with more news here on RT international in just about
[00:28:49] 30 minutes, so see you
[00:28:51] then.
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[00:30:43] time when i gave birth at 16, they were judging me so
[00:30:47] much to point that um they thought that my life
[00:30:51] would be this, so my family is very supportive, but my
[00:30:54] parents were initially also a bit scared
[00:30:58] of my future because i