Lionel Messi has quietly built relationships with companies and security firms closely linked to Israel's military-intelligence establishment. From becoming the global face of Israeli AI company OrCam staffed by former Unit 8200 officers to relying on ex-Israeli operatives for personal security, MintPress investigates the football icon's connections to Netanyahu's security network
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Robert Wright joins the show to examine AI’s promise and perils, from machine intelligence and automation to capitalism, climate, and global regulation.
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy, despite its vast reserves of critical minerals in AI development, Africa remains largely a consumer of AI technologies in a geopolitically contested terrain.
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