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Hello friends it's Tuesday October 22nd
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day with us I'm KY wire we've got a
great show lined up for you today so
let's get to it we start off in Cuba
where an islandwide blackout happened on
Friday when officials there say one of
the country's major power plants failed
multiple major power grid failures left
Millions without electricity for days in
fact most of Cuba's population of 10
million people have seen their access to
power interrupted the Aging power grid
collapsed four times over the weekend
alone and that was before hurricane
Oscar made landfall in Cuba on Sunday as
a category one storm Oscar weak into a
tropical storm soon after but it still
hampered efforts to restore power on the
eastern part of the as it brought heavy
rains strong wind and a powerful storm
surge the Cuban electrical union
struggled to restore power with over
50,000 workers on the job people took to
WhatsApp to find nearby neighborhoods
with power schools were cancelled and
hospitals began running on generator
power generators produce electricity by
running on fuel as opposed to being
plugged into the grid Cuban officials
are blaming the energy crisis on a
number of factors including increased US
economic sanctions disruptions caused by
recent hurricanes and the dire state of
the Island's infrastructure the negative
effects of the US embargo on trade with
Cuba can still be seen today decades
after it went into effect in 1962 after
tensions between the two Nations
escalated since then the island has
often seen severe shortages of food
medicine and fuel Cuba's power plants
are dependent on Imports of oil and fuel
deliveries to the island have plummeted
as allies Venezuela Russia and Mexico
have slashed their exports CNN's Patrick
opman is in Havana with more on the
situation there including how folks are
getting
by all of Cuba at this moment is in a
nationwide blackout Cubans certainly are
no stranger to power outages uh but this
is very unusual even for a country that
is used to so many uh shortages and
efficiencies like Cuba is on Thursday
night Cuba's prime minister Manuel
morero uh took to uh the airwaves here
to announce that there was a severe fuel
crisis and that more would be coming but
it was being delivered by boat and that
was delayed and essentially Cubans would
have to tighten their belts and only
essential workers would be required to
go to uh state jobs that many activities
such as nightclubs and culture events
would be canceled to save power he
didn't give any indication though that
this kind of blackout uh was coming and
it has shocked Cubans I've walking
around the city and uh you can hear a
pin drop there are some generators that
are working uh here in our building we
have power for about another half an
hour and that is uh because the building
is said they have to maintain fuel no
one uh is really clear when power is
going to be restored Cuban officials
said they are working around the clock
to see that happen already though uh
throughout uh this island uh most of the
time uh there is power outages power
outages that sometimes last for 12 hours
they or more in the countryside uh it is
far worse and has been going on for
weeks so uh very clearly people are on
age uh this is something that even for
Cubans who are accustomed uh to going
without to having to make do with the
little they have is somewhat
unprecedented and of course the longer
goes on that means people's food spoils
uh that means they're not able to work
their kids are not able to go to school
and uh people uh become more and more
concerned about when power or will be
restored to the art world now where
creative Endeavors by humans often break
boundaries and make us see the world
from a different perspective but what if
that art is made by a robot well the
world's first ultra realistic humanoid
artist uses robotic arms cameras for
eyes and AI algorithms to draw and paint
and one robot already has its work
headed to a prestigious Art Auction
CNN's Anna Stewart got to talk with the
artist to find out more about its
process and the the impact its arrival
on the art scene might have on the
future I'm really pleased to have my
artwork included in the auction and be
the first humanoid robot artist to sell
their work at auction aah made quite the
splash on the art scene with her
depiction of Alan touring AI Visionary
soon to be sold by soube with the
auction house estimating a six fig sale
price the key value of my work is in its
capacity to serve as a catalyst for
dialogue about emerging Technologies if
that isn't value I don't know what is oo
sassy so the word is my mind this is not
my first such encounter I've met Des
deona an AI humanoid pop star by Hansen
robotics nice to meet you
Anastasia close enough and amaka an AI
humanoid assistant by engineered Arts
creepy Smiles can be quite the
conversation sty don't you think yeah I
do where AI can ever truly be creative
is a thorny subject if you've learned
from existing artwork as an AI model is
anything you create truly original
portraiture is a huge genre in art
history I take inspiration from the
respectful and thought-provoking
portrayals of the human form within the
visual arts what are you going to do
with all the money that you make from
your art what are you going to buy more
circuits paint brushes a new arm you'd
have to ask my wider team about that I
will this artist may not care about the
money but her developer Aiden M says he
will be investing it back into the
project all the greatest artists if you
look in the past are those artists that
really uh resonate with the changes and
shifts in society and explore that
through their artwork so what better way
to do that in the light that we're in a
technological society and we're merging
with machine all the time to actually
have a machine produce the artwork the
merging of AI and Robotics into daily
life may raise eyebrows or even concerns
I have concerns that many new
technologies come with potential risks
that are not yet fully understood I just
didn't expect the concerns to come from
aah herself aren't you one of the risks
me aah the robot artist no I'm not a
threat
10 second trivia what continent produces
a majority of the world's cocoa the main
ingredient in chocolate Australia South
America Africa or
Asia if you said Africa ding ding ding
you are Coco wct the nations of cir and
Ghana account for about half of the
African continent Coco production news
now about the economy that might be
totally messing with our Halloween candy
this year cocoa prices have more than
doubled since the start of this year why
well Coco isn't an agricultural crop
that can groes any old place it needs
very specific locations and temperature
ranges to grow last year cocoa trees
were affected by everything from El Nino
raising temperatures causing drought
stress to torrential rains that spread a
fungal disease reducing yields of crops
the result a shortage of cocoa Argo
chocolate according to data shared with
CNN decreased supply has led to Soaring
prices that have stayed at record highs
the impact on chocolate production means
we might not see as many chocolate candy
options in Halloween buckets this month
and of the chocolate bars we see they
might be smaller bars than we're used to
seeing also we may see more varieties of
non-chocolate treats in buckets and in
stores experts say cocoa prices will
remain high until at least September of
2025 but that weather conditions are
improving this year so maybe next year's
Halloween won't be met with such uh
spooky economic
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news today's story getting a 10 out of
10 some adorable intriguing and straight
up spooky pooches what the heck is that
that is a dog on frightening arachnid
costume being strutted in the 34th
annual Tomkins Square Halloween dog
parade in New York there were all kinds
of hot dogs taking part with thousands
of people coming out to watch these
fetching pups and their human companions
showed up and showed out on Avenue A
with all kinds of clever K9 costumes we
are just nine days away from Halloween
prepare for liftoff our shout out today
goes to the Rockets repping Lincoln
Nebraska at Lincoln Northeast High
School rise up all right everyone it's
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Wednesday your vocabulary word along
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one winner to work into tomorrow's show
good day and good luck I'll see you
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