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00:03:37reports indicate a resurgence of disinformation with the use
00:03:41of artificial intelligence as a risk
00:03:43factor in the midterm elections.
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00:05:22And close to 55 million people have voted early in the
00:05:26United States for the midterm elections this coming November
00:05:303rd. From the set we are going to add our dear
00:05:34colleague Jorge Gestoso to analyze the impact and
00:05:44you Marina, here we are precisely in Washington, we are already in
00:05:48the countdown to the midterm
00:05:51legislative elections and to help
00:05:54us precisely put into perspective how technology
00:05:57and artificial intelligence are playing
00:06:01in these midterm elections, we have none other
00:06:05than Rodrigo Villarreal as
00:06:13among us in the middle of this campaign, that's right, and as never
00:06:17before seen, that is, the involvement of the topic of
00:06:20technology in these elections, as has been the case in previous
00:06:23elections, but now with when we talk about
00:06:27artificial intelligence that has developed at exponential
00:06:30steps, we are seeing precisely the
00:06:33influence not only of artificial intelligence but of many issues
00:06:37that technology is changing the perspective of
00:06:40voters and that is why it is very important as never before probably
00:06:44seen and then arises a topic that 2 years
00:06:47ago when there were presidential elections here in the United
00:06:50States we did not talk about artificial intelligence, it
00:06:53appeared in this campaign definitely because artificial
00:06:57intelligence as I say has been generated and
00:07:00improved exponentially so that 2 years
00:07:04ago in the world of technology is an eternity and what
00:07:07we see today compared to what we saw 2 years ago has nothing
00:07:11to do with it, that is, we can see, for example, videos
00:07:15that are hyperrealistic
00:07:19to differentiate between reality and what is generated by artificial
00:07:22intelligence and that confuses voters a lot, the people
00:07:25who are constantly inundated by social networks that have
00:07:29also played a role previously but never as on this occasion
00:07:32in the elections, these elements make
00:07:35us eh see and influence
00:07:39directly the behavior of voters, I repeat as never
00:07:42before seen in history, we are talking about level ground, that
00:07:45is, in this case Democrats and Republicans
00:07:49using the same technological resources, one of the two
00:07:53parties stands out for a superior
00:07:56handling, how do you read it, look, this
00:07:59depends on the specific area of technology, for
00:08:03example, when we talk about data centers, which are these enormous
00:08:06warehouses that are used
00:08:09precisely to store the necessary data for artificial
00:08:13intelligence, really both militants
00:08:17of both parties are sometimes against
00:08:23centers, of these data centers, but on the other
00:08:26hand we have that there
00:08:29is a concept that the leaders
00:08:33of technology companies have allied themselves, whether
00:08:36true or not, they have allied themselves with the Republicans
00:08:40and that has created a spite, a... a form of contempt
00:08:44among Democratic voters who feel that the Republican
00:08:47party is directly allied with technology
00:08:50companies, the famous tech bros or technology
00:08:54buddies as we call them, so
00:08:57I repeat, it depends on eh, I think that artificial
00:09:01intelligence has created anxiety among both Republican and
00:09:04Democratic voters, but there is an
00:09:08alliance including direct funding
00:09:11by some
00:09:15eh technology leaders who have supported Republican
00:09:18candidates and that has created that concept that Republicans
00:09:21have a direct link with technology companies, do you
00:09:25see it as dangerous that it is starting to be known
00:09:29who the voter is, what
00:09:32affiliation they have, what religion they have, what job
00:09:36they have, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, you are referring
00:09:40to the generation of data that
00:09:42technology companies allow to create a hyperreal
00:09:46profile of the voter, of the average
00:09:49voter, in which we know, through all the
00:09:52data and artificial intelligence we can practically know what
00:09:56the trend of individuals is, whether they are religious
00:09:59trends, behavioral trends
00:10:02of purchases, of sports, practically of any
00:10:05part of human behavior, and I would say
00:10:09that, because on the one hand, I working in technology.
00:10:12I consider that artificial intelligence has many
00:10:16benefits, obviously it has allowed us to advance productivity
00:10:20in a way we would never have dreamed of, but on the other
00:10:23hand, if we do not safeguard that individual
00:10:26privacy, we can come to live in a
00:10:29state as China is accused of, for
00:10:33example, of obtaining so much data from each individual that our
00:10:36individual liberties can be affected and influenced
00:10:40in the way we behave politically, I would not
00:10:43say that I fear it,
00:10:47but the possibility of that always exists
00:10:50in a state where technology can be abused, in the United
00:10:53States there are certain,
00:10:55let's say,
00:10:58perimeters in which technology does not allow us to
00:11:02steal or overutilize privacy, but I repeat,
00:11:05that can change at any time depending on who is in
00:11:08power, there are analysts who say that in reality in these
00:11:12political campaigns what is at stake
00:11:16minds of the masses,
00:11:19it is possible, I repeat, I think that sounds
00:11:23nice, necessarily technology has
00:11:26not yet managed to influence each and every one of us,
00:11:30I repeat, however it does have a very important role, we have seen it in
00:11:34recent elections in Brazil, for example, where big technology
00:11:38companies were accused of allying with Bolsonaro's
00:11:41camp, however Lula's own voters used
00:11:45technology through WhatsApp to mobilize their militants,
00:11:49that is, technology is nothing more than a tool that,
00:11:52knowing how to use
00:11:55it adequately, can do wonders, falling into the
00:11:58hands of irresponsible people,
00:12:01logically yes, I would be very scared of what
00:12:04the result of this abuse of technology could be, could technology
00:12:08alter the results of the elections, certainly in the United
00:12:13moment, because the electoral system in the United States
00:12:17from a technological point of view is very interesting, first
00:12:20elections are organized locally, that is, there
00:12:24is, it is also done for... something that we do
00:12:27not see outside the United States, the United
00:12:30States is a country made up of
00:12:3350 independent states governed by a
00:12:36federal government, but each state organizes the election
00:12:40with its rules, with its voting machines, and this is a very
00:12:43particular characteristic of the United States, when we talk about elections,
00:12:47for example, in Mexico, where there is a federal entity that regulates
00:12:51elections, in the United States it is not like that,
00:12:54each state has its own laws and its own
00:12:58method of eh managing elections and that is
00:13:01why that type of influence is very difficult, in which, for
00:13:05example, if the state of Iowa decides to use electronic voting
00:13:09while the state of, say, Florida does not, the federal
00:13:12government, no matter how much those accused of influencing elections
00:13:16would like to, cannot manipulate them from a technological point of
00:13:20view because, I repeat, elections in the United States, at least
00:13:24and at least as of today, are
00:13:30managed from the point of view of the locality and from each state, lastly, Rodrigo, what will you be paying
00:13:34most attention to tomorrow night when the
00:13:37polling centers close? Of course, I will be
00:13:40watching eh what
00:13:43the trend is from the point of view
00:13:47that we know that very probably
00:13:51possession of the lower house, the house of
00:13:54representatives, and that will
00:13:57influence on how, for example, the area of technology
00:14:01and artificial intelligence will be regulated, there are those
00:14:04who fear precisely the over-management
00:14:07of our daily lives through artificial
00:14:11intelligence and the Democrats at least have mentioned
00:14:14that they want to regulate that industry a little more,
00:14:17so I am very interested to see if the Democrats
00:14:21will take possession of the lower house, possibly of the upper
00:14:25house as well. and that will have
00:14:28a lot of impact on the way technology will advance in the
00:14:32United States and consequently in the rest of the world, let's
00:14:36is the leader in the generation of artificial intelligence,
00:14:40especially in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco area,
00:14:43so yes, the impact
00:14:47will be very noticeable and I think that the
00:14:50people who work in technology will be directly
00:14:54affected. not necessarily badly, but there
00:14:57will be a very important change if the Democrats at the end of the day
00:15:01take a majority in
00:15:05both chambers, Rodrigo
00:15:08much, we were talking then with Rodrigo Villarreal,
00:15:11technology expert, where technology and artificial
00:15:15intelligence are playing in these elections that are
00:15:18disputed tomorrow, legislative here in the United
00:15:30to go with our colleague from the United States who is with José Leveña,
00:15:34because disinformation through the use of artificial
00:15:38intelligence has experienced a resurgence in the context
00:15:41of the midterm elections, as they just said, and with
00:15:45more information on this developing
00:15:53Houston Texas, well yes, artificial intelligence has
00:15:56become a propaganda tool in these midterm
00:16:00elections here in the United States, manipulated
00:16:03videos, cloned voices, ads
00:16:06that put in the mouth of the candidates, statements
00:16:10they never made and now are part of an electoral
00:16:13campaign in which distinguishing reality from falsehood is increasingly
00:16:16complicated. The difference with the 2024 elections
00:16:20is, as they said, the quality and frequency, now generative
00:16:24artificial intelligence recreates voices, movements of a candidate
00:16:28and makes it increasingly difficult
00:16:30to differentiate, but there are also data, there are many
00:16:34data, eh, at least 164 ads have been identified,
00:16:38made with artificial intelligence, with an associated
00:16:41cost of about 80 million dollars, 69% of
00:16:44all those ads were not identified
00:16:48as having used artificial intelligence, this has
00:16:51affected one of the candidates here in Texas, James
00:16:54Talarico, that ads were used in which fragments of his
00:16:57voice were used to change his context and modify
00:17:01reality, manipulated videos have also been
00:17:05identified in North Carolina and New York with... the objective
00:17:08of presenting adversaries as characters who say or do things that
00:17:12do not correspond to reality, but this problem cannot
00:17:15be solved federally, as Rodrigo and Jorge commented
00:17:19in the previous segment, these cloned voices, fake profiles
00:17:23and automated publications have only been regulated
00:17:26in 31 states of the country and this
00:17:29worries more than 74% of the population
00:17:33who are concerned about deepfakes in these midterm
00:17:36elections.
00:18:01much and well, as we also said in the news, more
00:18:04than 54 million people have already voted early,
00:18:08and this includes people who have voted
00:18:12by mail, as well as other people who have decided
00:18:15to do so earlier for practicality reasons, right?
00:18:19I want to ask you what this reflects
00:18:22beyond civic responsibility, but what does it
00:18:25reflect that so many people have already
00:18:29voted early? Well, this is a precedent,
00:18:32we must remember that President Trump a few months ago asked
00:18:36to modify electoral law precisely to eliminate
00:18:39mail-in voting, one of the justifications had to do with
00:18:43the fact that there was a possibility of electoral
00:18:46fraud, not the beautiful law that
00:18:50was suggested again a few months ago was to
00:18:54avoid early voting and that there would be a
00:18:58modification in terms of the perception of the average voter
00:19:01that one party was winning over another, not
00:19:04these midterm elections in which
00:19:08people generally are less prone to vote,
00:19:11especially because there is no election day, as in many of our countries
00:19:14where election day is a holiday, in the United States people
00:19:18work like any other day, but there is this
00:19:20possibility of early voting and there is a great
00:19:24mobilization because it is very possible and we will probably
00:19:28see it tomorrow as we advance in terms of counting
00:19:31that President Trump can lose both chambers and
00:19:34that can modify the legislative agenda quite
00:19:38a bit. legislative paralysis and issues that are a
00:19:42priority for President Trump, he will have to use his
00:19:45executive orders or powers to establish his agenda, without a
00:19:49doubt this election is decisive and I think it is one of
00:19:53the reasons why there is a large number of votes,
00:19:56in fact we can see the Latino vote how campaigns by
00:20:00Latinos themselves have taken place to convince those
00:20:03who have the right to make their voice heard, which is one
00:20:07of the slogans of the campaigns of different political
00:20:10parties to make your voice heard, election,
00:20:14take the time to go, and it's something we have also
00:20:17seen in the region, because if you don't go out to vote
00:20:20and the polls can show a trend that makes
00:20:23others say, oh, my party is already winning,
00:20:27so I'm not going out, there is a feeling of uncertainty
00:20:30that is very important that everyone goes out, and that
00:20:34is one of the reasons why
00:20:45the following material, because less than 24 hours before
00:20:48the midterm elections, the discontent among Republican
00:20:51party supporters towards the Trump administration in the
00:20:54State of Texas, could favor the Democrats after more than
00:20:5830 years of conservative control. The southern region
00:21:02has historically been a stronghold for Republicans and one of
00:21:05the most important states in terms of seats, however,
00:21:09the outlook points to a change in trend driven by the
00:21:12decisions of the national executive. The outcome of the
00:21:15elections will not only define political hegemony in Texas,
00:21:19but also a potential Democratic victory could
00:21:23drastically alter the balance of forces and control,
00:21:34just like many other Americans, that is to say that
00:21:37the economy is great, but for the average citizen everyone is
00:21:41still struggling to put gas in their car, to be able to buy
00:21:44groceries, even to you know do events with their
00:21:47families, everything is astronomically
00:21:50high right now and it simply needs a balance,
00:21:54a change to try to help accommodate that,
00:21:57I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm going to vote
00:22:00for the Democratic party in the next elections,
00:22:03because the abomination that currently runs the
00:22:07country should not. Well, Mariana, we were
00:22:11just listening to what happened in Texas, which is the second
00:22:14most populous state after Alaska, right? And it is also
00:22:18a very important state, I wanted to ask you, eh.
00:22:22why has this state become so competitive
00:22:25for the Democrats? Well, as the news said, Texas
00:22:28has belonged, it is a red state and the
00:22:32fact that Talarico has a 50% voting trend,
00:22:36well, there is a total alarm because in the US
00:22:40electoral system, the number of population and electoral
00:22:43votes will be reflected in terms of seats,
00:22:47Texas can be, let's say, the turning point for.
00:22:50the return of the Democratic party in both chambers, on
00:22:54the one hand, but also an important propensity
00:22:57for the Democrats to win in two years in the
00:23:01electoral system and in the presidential system, it is
00:23:04very relevant especially because, as the voter told us,
00:23:08Americans vote with their wallet,
00:23:11there is a very important effort
00:23:14as in the average voter, the economy has been relevant,
00:23:17there is a great inflation.
00:23:20eh, gasoline is very expensive, eh, everything
00:23:24is too expensive and of course that immigration
00:23:27policy, which is one of the policies that some states,
00:23:31including Texas, evaluate President Trump well, does not cease
00:23:35to be 38% of the population, the lowest in the 21st
00:23:39century, in any system, eh, in the US executive,
00:23:42and well, Texas can be one of the great reflections of
00:23:46the loss, disapproval of the government of this second
00:23:50term of President Trump, and this increase,
00:23:53eh. economic level also Mariana,
00:23:56that has to do with the increase in tariffs, right?
00:24:00With all this context that is happening, in some way
00:24:04it could also be a punishment vote for
00:24:07Donald Trump, well, Trump's tariff war
00:24:10from his perspective and we see that in the national
00:24:13security document in 2017 for the executive and
00:24:16for his government project in the first term
00:24:20and now in the second. Well, the United States has
00:24:23been used by different countries and from the USTR's
00:24:27perspective, imposing tariffs on certain countries,
00:24:31including commercial partners and allies, implies having
00:24:34a deficit balance, right? And for that,
00:24:38well, all those who know economics know that
00:24:42having a deficit with a country does not necessarily
00:24:46pass from one country to another and the same product can cross borders.
00:24:50national two, three, four times, no, uh, however, these
00:24:53tariffs reflect a negative effect on the consumer, again
00:24:57because tariff implies a tax and a tax
00:25:00that initially businesses absorb, but there will come a time when businesses
00:25:04say, this is no longer a business and that's when it transfers to the
00:25:07consumer, that's what the United States is experiencing, I could almost
00:25:11tell you that his great tariff
00:25:13policy, the best word in the universe, for him during
00:25:17these 2 years he has said, it will be what takes him out of the game in Congress
00:25:26share again with you and also with our viewers, the
00:25:30following, because at least seven key states for the
00:25:34US midterm elections will measure the influence of the
00:25:38Trump administration in the Senate. While the Republican
00:25:41Party bets on maintaining a majority, Democrats seek
00:25:45to capture votes in decisive and
00:25:48historically Republican states to gain control of Congress, among them
00:25:51Kansas and Texas stand out, which after decades of conservative
00:25:55control, data reveals voter preferences
00:26:15while in Michigan and Georgia Democrats are
00:26:18projected as winners with a lead exceeding
00:26:2170%. Uh, here, here
00:26:25precisely when we were talking about
00:26:28Michigan, there were also several internal issues,
00:26:31right? that from one day to the next a Democrat
00:26:34started to support, she didn't
00:26:37support a Republican, how
00:26:40those internal problems also arise
00:26:44beyond what we are seeing and what we are talking about,
00:26:48yes, especially because some sectors or
00:26:51candidates who want to keep their seats have to
00:26:55distance themselves a bit from President Trump
00:26:58because precisely because of the bad
00:27:18would have favored
00:27:21, something else to consider is that so far the
00:27:34are in swing vote,
00:27:37all have a majority vote for the Democratic
00:27:41party, in fact, Michigan, Texas, Maine,
00:27:45Ohio, Kansas, Alaska and Iowa all win for the
00:27:48Democratic party, but the difference between one and the other
00:27:52is still 5%, that is, it is a technical tie, we would have to
00:27:55identify after November 3rd, if this is consolidated and if
00:27:59that is the case, we will see great important changes
00:28:02within domestic politics, but especially foreign policy of the United
00:28:05States. Mariana, to conclude
00:28:08, let's go with this last question that also seems very
00:28:11interesting to me and that is the role of women
00:28:14in
00:28:20precisely we are talking about that
00:28:28representation, not only in the United States, in many other countries
00:28:31it happens. that well, in the exact case of the United
00:28:35States, you put four congressmen and of the four, three
00:28:38are men and one is a woman, although that
00:28:41number has increased within everything,
00:28:44uh, we also have to know that the delay
00:28:48continues in one way or another and that the majority of women we can
00:28:52see are within the Democrats and Republican women also
00:28:56do not have so much, well uh, minimal advantage
00:28:59in these elections for women. but there is still
00:29:03a delay, what is happening both positively
00:29:06for there to be an advantage in favor of more women, more
00:29:10representation, but that we are still very
00:29:13far behind in this, Mariana. I believe that in the United
00:29:16States what we see is a setback above all, because the entire
00:29:20feminist and anti-woke policy goes backwards, no, in fact, in this
00:29:24campaign we have seen how there are ultra-conservative
00:29:27voices to return to family voting, to male
00:29:31voting, to have women deprived of their vote and
00:29:34rights, that's on one side, on the other
00:29:38hand, it seems to me that this is a big problem that we have in Western
00:29:41democracies, not only in the United States, in fact
00:29:45there is an important tendency to analyze if the United States in this
00:29:48election is going through a process of being a liberal democracy to an
00:29:52autocracy, so that calls a lot of attention
00:29:56and well, in the Democratic party there is a tradition not to position
00:29:59women in positions, something that often
00:30:03when it is who has the vote and the
00:30:06one who is a substitute, they change, no, on some
00:30:10occasions, so well, in the 21st
00:30:13great significant advance for women in politics, the
00:30:17agenda that women establish in that sense anywhere in the
00:30:21world, in our region with greater certainty,
00:30:25there are issues that we women are much more sensitive to than
00:30:28men congressmen, but as you say, there is still much
00:30:32to do, but what I would say this in particular shows us are
00:30:36setbacks, perfect, Mariana, so
00:30:38setbacks, unfortunately when one
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