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[00:03:37] reports indicate a resurgence of disinformation with the use
[00:03:41] of artificial intelligence as a risk
[00:03:43] factor in the midterm elections.
[00:03:51] Violence escalates in Colombia with four attacks in two days that
[00:03:55] leave at least five dead in Huila, Cauca and
[00:03:58] Tolima.
[00:04:06] President Luis Ignacio Lulada Silva guarantees the
[00:04:10] continuity of social
[00:04:11] remember that the United States programs in Brazil. century, at the beginning we had a
[00:04:17] Houthi resistance forces repel Saudi
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[00:04:30] And in sports headlines, this gentleman has no limit to
[00:04:33] achieve what he wants, he is the Colombian Jason
[00:04:36] López, world record holder in Nimbo China, details
[00:04:40] in
[00:04:43] Villarreal, thank you very brief.
[00:04:49] And in cultural matters, we are going to tour the Day of the
[00:04:52] Dead around the world, how this traditional
[00:04:55] eh manifestation
[00:04:58] was experienced, later I will...
[00:05:22] And close to 55 million people have voted early in the
[00:05:26] United States for the midterm elections this coming November
[00:05:30] 3rd. From the set we are going to add our dear
[00:05:34] colleague Jorge Gestoso to analyze the impact and
[00:05:44] you Marina, here we are precisely in Washington, we are already in
[00:05:48] the countdown to the midterm
[00:05:51] legislative elections and to help
[00:05:54] us precisely put into perspective how technology
[00:05:57] and artificial intelligence are playing
[00:06:01] in these midterm elections, we have none other
[00:06:05] than Rodrigo Villarreal as
[00:06:13] among us in the middle of this campaign, that's right, and as never
[00:06:17] before seen, that is, the involvement of the topic of
[00:06:20] technology in these elections, as has been the case in previous
[00:06:23] elections, but now with when we talk about
[00:06:27] artificial intelligence that has developed at exponential
[00:06:30] steps, we are seeing precisely the
[00:06:33] influence not only of artificial intelligence but of many issues
[00:06:37] that technology is changing the perspective of
[00:06:40] voters and that is why it is very important as never before probably
[00:06:44] seen and then arises a topic that 2 years
[00:06:47] ago when there were presidential elections here in the United
[00:06:50] States we did not talk about artificial intelligence, it
[00:06:53] appeared in this campaign definitely because artificial
[00:06:57] intelligence as I say has been generated and
[00:07:00] improved exponentially so that 2 years
[00:07:04] ago in the world of technology is an eternity and what
[00:07:07] we see today compared to what we saw 2 years ago has nothing
[00:07:11] to do with it, that is, we can see, for example, videos
[00:07:15] that are hyperrealistic
[00:07:19] to differentiate between reality and what is generated by artificial
[00:07:22] intelligence and that confuses voters a lot, the people
[00:07:25] who are constantly inundated by social networks that have
[00:07:29] also played a role previously but never as on this occasion
[00:07:32] in the elections, these elements make
[00:07:35] us eh see and influence
[00:07:39] directly the behavior of voters, I repeat as never
[00:07:42] before seen in history, we are talking about level ground, that
[00:07:45] is, in this case Democrats and Republicans
[00:07:49] using the same technological resources, one of the two
[00:07:53] parties stands out for a superior
[00:07:56] handling, how do you read it, look, this
[00:07:59] depends on the specific area of technology, for
[00:08:03] example, when we talk about data centers, which are these enormous
[00:08:06] warehouses that are used
[00:08:09] precisely to store the necessary data for artificial
[00:08:13] intelligence, really both militants
[00:08:17] of both parties are sometimes against
[00:08:23] centers, of these data centers, but on the other
[00:08:26] hand we have that there
[00:08:29] is a concept that the leaders
[00:08:33] of technology companies have allied themselves, whether
[00:08:36] true or not, they have allied themselves with the Republicans
[00:08:40] and that has created a spite, a... a form of contempt
[00:08:44] among Democratic voters who feel that the Republican
[00:08:47] party is directly allied with technology
[00:08:50] companies, the famous tech bros or technology
[00:08:54] buddies as we call them, so
[00:08:57] I repeat, it depends on eh, I think that artificial
[00:09:01] intelligence has created anxiety among both Republican and
[00:09:04] Democratic voters, but there is an
[00:09:08] alliance including direct funding
[00:09:11] by some
[00:09:15] eh technology leaders who have supported Republican
[00:09:18] candidates and that has created that concept that Republicans
[00:09:21] have a direct link with technology companies, do you
[00:09:25] see it as dangerous that it is starting to be known
[00:09:29] who the voter is, what
[00:09:32] affiliation they have, what religion they have, what job
[00:09:36] they have, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, you are referring
[00:09:40] to the generation of data that
[00:09:42] technology companies allow to create a hyperreal
[00:09:46] profile of the voter, of the average
[00:09:49] voter, in which we know, through all the
[00:09:52] data and artificial intelligence we can practically know what
[00:09:56] the trend of individuals is, whether they are religious
[00:09:59] trends, behavioral trends
[00:10:02] of purchases, of sports, practically of any
[00:10:05] part of human behavior, and I would say
[00:10:09] that, because on the one hand, I working in technology.
[00:10:12] I consider that artificial intelligence has many
[00:10:16] benefits, obviously it has allowed us to advance productivity
[00:10:20] in a way we would never have dreamed of, but on the other
[00:10:23] hand, if we do not safeguard that individual
[00:10:26] privacy, we can come to live in a
[00:10:29] state as China is accused of, for
[00:10:33] example, of obtaining so much data from each individual that our
[00:10:36] individual liberties can be affected and influenced
[00:10:40] in the way we behave politically, I would not
[00:10:43] say that I fear it,
[00:10:47] but the possibility of that always exists
[00:10:50] in a state where technology can be abused, in the United
[00:10:53] States there are certain,
[00:10:55] let's say,
[00:10:58] perimeters in which technology does not allow us to
[00:11:02] steal or overutilize privacy, but I repeat,
[00:11:05] that can change at any time depending on who is in
[00:11:08] power, there are analysts who say that in reality in these
[00:11:12] political campaigns what is at stake
[00:11:16] minds of the masses,
[00:11:19] it is possible, I repeat, I think that sounds
[00:11:23] nice, necessarily technology has
[00:11:26] not yet managed to influence each and every one of us,
[00:11:30] I repeat, however it does have a very important role, we have seen it in
[00:11:34] recent elections in Brazil, for example, where big technology
[00:11:38] companies were accused of allying with Bolsonaro's
[00:11:41] camp, however Lula's own voters used
[00:11:45] technology through WhatsApp to mobilize their militants,
[00:11:49] that is, technology is nothing more than a tool that,
[00:11:52] knowing how to use
[00:11:55] it adequately, can do wonders, falling into the
[00:11:58] hands of irresponsible people,
[00:12:01] logically yes, I would be very scared of what
[00:12:04] the result of this abuse of technology could be, could technology
[00:12:08] alter the results of the elections, certainly in the United
[00:12:13] moment, because the electoral system in the United States
[00:12:17] from a technological point of view is very interesting, first
[00:12:20] elections are organized locally, that is, there
[00:12:24] is, it is also done for... something that we do
[00:12:27] not see outside the United States, the United
[00:12:30] States is a country made up of
[00:12:33] 50 independent states governed by a
[00:12:36] federal government, but each state organizes the election
[00:12:40] with its rules, with its voting machines, and this is a very
[00:12:43] particular characteristic of the United States, when we talk about elections,
[00:12:47] for example, in Mexico, where there is a federal entity that regulates
[00:12:51] elections, in the United States it is not like that,
[00:12:54] each state has its own laws and its own
[00:12:58] method of eh managing elections and that is
[00:13:01] why that type of influence is very difficult, in which, for
[00:13:05] example, if the state of Iowa decides to use electronic voting
[00:13:09] while the state of, say, Florida does not, the federal
[00:13:12] government, no matter how much those accused of influencing elections
[00:13:16] would like to, cannot manipulate them from a technological point of
[00:13:20] view because, I repeat, elections in the United States, at least
[00:13:24] and at least as of today, are
[00:13:30] managed from the point of view of the locality and from each state, lastly, Rodrigo, what will you be paying
[00:13:34] most attention to tomorrow night when the
[00:13:37] polling centers close? Of course, I will be
[00:13:40] watching eh what
[00:13:43] the trend is from the point of view
[00:13:47] that we know that very probably
[00:13:51] possession of the lower house, the house of
[00:13:54] representatives, and that will
[00:13:57] influence on how, for example, the area of technology
[00:14:01] and artificial intelligence will be regulated, there are those
[00:14:04] who fear precisely the over-management
[00:14:07] of our daily lives through artificial
[00:14:11] intelligence and the Democrats at least have mentioned
[00:14:14] that they want to regulate that industry a little more,
[00:14:17] so I am very interested to see if the Democrats
[00:14:21] will take possession of the lower house, possibly of the upper
[00:14:25] house as well. and that will have
[00:14:28] a lot of impact on the way technology will advance in the
[00:14:32] United States and consequently in the rest of the world, let's
[00:14:36] is the leader in the generation of artificial intelligence,
[00:14:40] especially in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco area,
[00:14:43] so yes, the impact
[00:14:47] will be very noticeable and I think that the
[00:14:50] people who work in technology will be directly
[00:14:54] affected. not necessarily badly, but there
[00:14:57] will be a very important change if the Democrats at the end of the day
[00:15:01] take a majority in
[00:15:05] both chambers, Rodrigo
[00:15:08] much, we were talking then with Rodrigo Villarreal,
[00:15:11] technology expert, where technology and artificial
[00:15:15] intelligence are playing in these elections that are
[00:15:18] disputed tomorrow, legislative here in the United
[00:15:30] to go with our colleague from the United States who is with José Leveña,
[00:15:34] because disinformation through the use of artificial
[00:15:38] intelligence has experienced a resurgence in the context
[00:15:41] of the midterm elections, as they just said, and with
[00:15:45] more information on this developing
[00:15:53] Houston Texas, well yes, artificial intelligence has
[00:15:56] become a propaganda tool in these midterm
[00:16:00] elections here in the United States, manipulated
[00:16:03] videos, cloned voices, ads
[00:16:06] that put in the mouth of the candidates, statements
[00:16:10] they never made and now are part of an electoral
[00:16:13] campaign in which distinguishing reality from falsehood is increasingly
[00:16:16] complicated. The difference with the 2024 elections
[00:16:20] is, as they said, the quality and frequency, now generative
[00:16:24] artificial intelligence recreates voices, movements of a candidate
[00:16:28] and makes it increasingly difficult
[00:16:30] to differentiate, but there are also data, there are many
[00:16:34] data, eh, at least 164 ads have been identified,
[00:16:38] made with artificial intelligence, with an associated
[00:16:41] cost of about 80 million dollars, 69% of
[00:16:44] all those ads were not identified
[00:16:48] as having used artificial intelligence, this has
[00:16:51] affected one of the candidates here in Texas, James
[00:16:54] Talarico, that ads were used in which fragments of his
[00:16:57] voice were used to change his context and modify
[00:17:01] reality, manipulated videos have also been
[00:17:05] identified in North Carolina and New York with... the objective
[00:17:08] of presenting adversaries as characters who say or do things that
[00:17:12] do not correspond to reality, but this problem cannot
[00:17:15] be solved federally, as Rodrigo and Jorge commented
[00:17:19] in the previous segment, these cloned voices, fake profiles
[00:17:23] and automated publications have only been regulated
[00:17:26] in 31 states of the country and this
[00:17:29] worries more than 74% of the population
[00:17:33] who are concerned about deepfakes in these midterm
[00:17:36] elections.
[00:18:01] much and well, as we also said in the news, more
[00:18:04] than 54 million people have already voted early,
[00:18:08] and this includes people who have voted
[00:18:12] by mail, as well as other people who have decided
[00:18:15] to do so earlier for practicality reasons, right?
[00:18:19] I want to ask you what this reflects
[00:18:22] beyond civic responsibility, but what does it
[00:18:25] reflect that so many people have already
[00:18:29] voted early? Well, this is a precedent,
[00:18:32] we must remember that President Trump a few months ago asked
[00:18:36] to modify electoral law precisely to eliminate
[00:18:39] mail-in voting, one of the justifications had to do with
[00:18:43] the fact that there was a possibility of electoral
[00:18:46] fraud, not the beautiful law that
[00:18:50] was suggested again a few months ago was to
[00:18:54] avoid early voting and that there would be a
[00:18:58] modification in terms of the perception of the average voter
[00:19:01] that one party was winning over another, not
[00:19:04] these midterm elections in which
[00:19:08] people generally are less prone to vote,
[00:19:11] especially because there is no election day, as in many of our countries
[00:19:14] where election day is a holiday, in the United States people
[00:19:18] work like any other day, but there is this
[00:19:20] possibility of early voting and there is a great
[00:19:24] mobilization because it is very possible and we will probably
[00:19:28] see it tomorrow as we advance in terms of counting
[00:19:31] that President Trump can lose both chambers and
[00:19:34] that can modify the legislative agenda quite
[00:19:38] a bit. legislative paralysis and issues that are a
[00:19:42] priority for President Trump, he will have to use his
[00:19:45] executive orders or powers to establish his agenda, without a
[00:19:49] doubt this election is decisive and I think it is one of
[00:19:53] the reasons why there is a large number of votes,
[00:19:56] in fact we can see the Latino vote how campaigns by
[00:20:00] Latinos themselves have taken place to convince those
[00:20:03] who have the right to make their voice heard, which is one
[00:20:07] of the slogans of the campaigns of different political
[00:20:10] parties to make your voice heard, election,
[00:20:14] take the time to go, and it's something we have also
[00:20:17] seen in the region, because if you don't go out to vote
[00:20:20] and the polls can show a trend that makes
[00:20:23] others say, oh, my party is already winning,
[00:20:27] so I'm not going out, there is a feeling of uncertainty
[00:20:30] that is very important that everyone goes out, and that
[00:20:34] is one of the reasons why
[00:20:45] the following material, because less than 24 hours before
[00:20:48] the midterm elections, the discontent among Republican
[00:20:51] party supporters towards the Trump administration in the
[00:20:54] State of Texas, could favor the Democrats after more than
[00:20:58] 30 years of conservative control. The southern region
[00:21:02] has historically been a stronghold for Republicans and one of
[00:21:05] the most important states in terms of seats, however,
[00:21:09] the outlook points to a change in trend driven by the
[00:21:12] decisions of the national executive. The outcome of the
[00:21:15] elections will not only define political hegemony in Texas,
[00:21:19] but also a potential Democratic victory could
[00:21:23] drastically alter the balance of forces and control,
[00:21:34] just like many other Americans, that is to say that
[00:21:37] the economy is great, but for the average citizen everyone is
[00:21:41] still struggling to put gas in their car, to be able to buy
[00:21:44] groceries, even to you know do events with their
[00:21:47] families, everything is astronomically
[00:21:50] high right now and it simply needs a balance,
[00:21:54] a change to try to help accommodate that,
[00:21:57] I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm going to vote
[00:22:00] for the Democratic party in the next elections,
[00:22:03] because the abomination that currently runs the
[00:22:07] country should not. Well, Mariana, we were
[00:22:11] just listening to what happened in Texas, which is the second
[00:22:14] most populous state after Alaska, right? And it is also
[00:22:18] a very important state, I wanted to ask you, eh.
[00:22:22] why has this state become so competitive
[00:22:25] for the Democrats? Well, as the news said, Texas
[00:22:28] has belonged, it is a red state and the
[00:22:32] fact that Talarico has a 50% voting trend,
[00:22:36] well, there is a total alarm because in the US
[00:22:40] electoral system, the number of population and electoral
[00:22:43] votes will be reflected in terms of seats,
[00:22:47] Texas can be, let's say, the turning point for.
[00:22:50] the return of the Democratic party in both chambers, on
[00:22:54] the one hand, but also an important propensity
[00:22:57] for the Democrats to win in two years in the
[00:23:01] electoral system and in the presidential system, it is
[00:23:04] very relevant especially because, as the voter told us,
[00:23:08] Americans vote with their wallet,
[00:23:11] there is a very important effort
[00:23:14] as in the average voter, the economy has been relevant,
[00:23:17] there is a great inflation.
[00:23:20] eh, gasoline is very expensive, eh, everything
[00:23:24] is too expensive and of course that immigration
[00:23:27] policy, which is one of the policies that some states,
[00:23:31] including Texas, evaluate President Trump well, does not cease
[00:23:35] to be 38% of the population, the lowest in the 21st
[00:23:39] century, in any system, eh, in the US executive,
[00:23:42] and well, Texas can be one of the great reflections of
[00:23:46] the loss, disapproval of the government of this second
[00:23:50] term of President Trump, and this increase,
[00:23:53] eh. economic level also Mariana,
[00:23:56] that has to do with the increase in tariffs, right?
[00:24:00] With all this context that is happening, in some way
[00:24:04] it could also be a punishment vote for
[00:24:07] Donald Trump, well, Trump's tariff war
[00:24:10] from his perspective and we see that in the national
[00:24:13] security document in 2017 for the executive and
[00:24:16] for his government project in the first term
[00:24:20] and now in the second. Well, the United States has
[00:24:23] been used by different countries and from the USTR's
[00:24:27] perspective, imposing tariffs on certain countries,
[00:24:31] including commercial partners and allies, implies having
[00:24:34] a deficit balance, right? And for that,
[00:24:38] well, all those who know economics know that
[00:24:42] having a deficit with a country does not necessarily
[00:24:46] pass from one country to another and the same product can cross borders.
[00:24:50] national two, three, four times, no, uh, however, these
[00:24:53] tariffs reflect a negative effect on the consumer, again
[00:24:57] because tariff implies a tax and a tax
[00:25:00] that initially businesses absorb, but there will come a time when businesses
[00:25:04] say, this is no longer a business and that's when it transfers to the
[00:25:07] consumer, that's what the United States is experiencing, I could almost
[00:25:11] tell you that his great tariff
[00:25:13] policy, the best word in the universe, for him during
[00:25:17] these 2 years he has said, it will be what takes him out of the game in Congress
[00:25:26] share again with you and also with our viewers, the
[00:25:30] following, because at least seven key states for the
[00:25:34] US midterm elections will measure the influence of the
[00:25:38] Trump administration in the Senate. While the Republican
[00:25:41] Party bets on maintaining a majority, Democrats seek
[00:25:45] to capture votes in decisive and
[00:25:48] historically Republican states to gain control of Congress, among them
[00:25:51] Kansas and Texas stand out, which after decades of conservative
[00:25:55] control, data reveals voter preferences
[00:26:15] while in Michigan and Georgia Democrats are
[00:26:18] projected as winners with a lead exceeding
[00:26:21] 70%. Uh, here, here
[00:26:25] precisely when we were talking about
[00:26:28] Michigan, there were also several internal issues,
[00:26:31] right? that from one day to the next a Democrat
[00:26:34] started to support, she didn't
[00:26:37] support a Republican, how
[00:26:40] those internal problems also arise
[00:26:44] beyond what we are seeing and what we are talking about,
[00:26:48] yes, especially because some sectors or
[00:26:51] candidates who want to keep their seats have to
[00:26:55] distance themselves a bit from President Trump
[00:26:58] because precisely because of the bad
[00:27:18] would have favored
[00:27:21] , something else to consider is that so far the
[00:27:34] are in swing vote,
[00:27:37] all have a majority vote for the Democratic
[00:27:41] party, in fact, Michigan, Texas, Maine,
[00:27:45] Ohio, Kansas, Alaska and Iowa all win for the
[00:27:48] Democratic party, but the difference between one and the other
[00:27:52] is still 5%, that is, it is a technical tie, we would have to
[00:27:55] identify after November 3rd, if this is consolidated and if
[00:27:59] that is the case, we will see great important changes
[00:28:02] within domestic politics, but especially foreign policy of the United
[00:28:05] States. Mariana, to conclude
[00:28:08] , let's go with this last question that also seems very
[00:28:11] interesting to me and that is the role of women
[00:28:14] in
[00:28:20] precisely we are talking about that
[00:28:28] representation, not only in the United States, in many other countries
[00:28:31] it happens. that well, in the exact case of the United
[00:28:35] States, you put four congressmen and of the four, three
[00:28:38] are men and one is a woman, although that
[00:28:41] number has increased within everything,
[00:28:44] uh, we also have to know that the delay
[00:28:48] continues in one way or another and that the majority of women we can
[00:28:52] see are within the Democrats and Republican women also
[00:28:56] do not have so much, well uh, minimal advantage
[00:28:59] in these elections for women. but there is still
[00:29:03] a delay, what is happening both positively
[00:29:06] for there to be an advantage in favor of more women, more
[00:29:10] representation, but that we are still very
[00:29:13] far behind in this, Mariana. I believe that in the United
[00:29:16] States what we see is a setback above all, because the entire
[00:29:20] feminist and anti-woke policy goes backwards, no, in fact, in this
[00:29:24] campaign we have seen how there are ultra-conservative
[00:29:27] voices to return to family voting, to male
[00:29:31] voting, to have women deprived of their vote and
[00:29:34] rights, that's on one side, on the other
[00:29:38] hand, it seems to me that this is a big problem that we have in Western
[00:29:41] democracies, not only in the United States, in fact
[00:29:45] there is an important tendency to analyze if the United States in this
[00:29:48] election is going through a process of being a liberal democracy to an
[00:29:52] autocracy, so that calls a lot of attention
[00:29:56] and well, in the Democratic party there is a tradition not to position
[00:29:59] women in positions, something that often
[00:30:03] when it is who has the vote and the
[00:30:06] one who is a substitute, they change, no, on some
[00:30:10] occasions, so well, in the 21st
[00:30:13] great significant advance for women in politics, the
[00:30:17] agenda that women establish in that sense anywhere in the
[00:30:21] world, in our region with greater certainty,
[00:30:25] there are issues that we women are much more sensitive to than
[00:30:28] men congressmen, but as you say, there is still much
[00:30:32] to do, but what I would say this in particular shows us are
[00:30:36] setbacks, perfect, Mariana, so
[00:30:38] setbacks, unfortunately when one
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