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  • Hello, lovely people; terrific Tuesday to you.

  • I'm still here in Houston after watching a great NCAA men's national championship basketball game last night.

  • It has been awesome running into some of you while I've been here.

  • Thanks for all the love.

  • All right, let's get this show started, shall we?

  • Let's start among the stars with some news from outer space as it's looking likely that we'll be seeing some history being made.

  • NASA's Frank Rubio on track to become the first American astronaut to spend a full year in space.

  • Rubio traveled to the International Space Station back on September 21st, thinking it would be just a six-month mission.

  • He was expected to land back on earth this spring,

  • but the Russian spacecraft that carried Rubio and two of his Russian colleagues actually had a coolant leak in December.

  • Russia's Space Agency later announced that it wouldn't have been safe for the spacecraft to bring all the astronauts home.

  • This means Rubio has to stay even longer in space.

  • NASA announced the earliest he can return to earth now will be on September 27th, and that would mean he'd be logging at least 371 days in orbit.

  • Rubio's tour of duty would be historic as it would surpass the previous American record, which is 355 days, set just last year.

  • The world record still belongs to a Russian cosmonaut, who logged 437 continuous days in orbit aboard Russia's Mir space station back in 1994 and 95.

  • Now, this is all really a unique situation, particularly because even though the US and Russia have intense geopolitical tensions here on Earth,

  • both superpowers are working hand-in-hand when it comes to space exploration.

  • Our Michael Holmes has more.

  • The hatch is open.

  • A collaboration in space, when relations between Russia and the US on Earth are at their worst in decades.

  • NASA and Russia's Space Agency, Roscosmos, say they've signed a long-sought seat-swapping agreement, which would allow astronauts and cosmonauts to exchange places on missions.

  • And lift off.

  • NASA says the first of these cross flights is expected when US astronaut Frank Rubio blasts off to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

  • And cosmonaut Anna Kikina joins the fifth SpaceX Crew Dragon launch the same month.

  • Historic rivals, space exploration has always been a point of highs and lows for Russia and the US, both trying to outdo each other in the 1960s space race:

  • The Soviet Union sending the first man into outer space, the US landing the first crew on the moon.

  • But in recent decades, space has been more of a joint effort between the two nations, especially after the creation of the ISS, which is operated by NASA, Roscosmos, and several other space agencies.

  • Both the US and Russia have hitch rides with each other.

  • Russian cosmonauts flew on the US space shuttle before the fleet was replied in 2011.

  • After that, American astronauts traveled to the ISS on Soyuz spacecraft...

  • - Ignition. - ... until NASA resumed its own launches in 2020 by partnering with the commercial space company SpaceX.

  • We're in Arkansas, home of the Yellowjackets.

  • We are currently standing on what was the home football field for the Wynne High School.

  • Look at this.

  • This is one of the light structures that were supposed to illuminate this field.

  • You can see some of the broken lights here below us.

  • But what's most astounding to this meteorologist is just the true force of this powerful twister that tore this path of devastation.

  • Hard to get the perspective, but I'll show you an aerial.

  • What you're looking at is the peeled-back artificial turf that was sucked up by the powerful updraft of this tornado.

  • There it is still in place in the distance, and then, look at what's behind me here, like a skin of an orange being peeled back.

  • This is what's left, leaving the rock exposed below it.

  • And behind me, Wynne Yellowjackets proudly displayed on the water tower.

  • This area has received significant to catastrophic damage.

  • 10-second Trivia.

  • In which of these countries would you find the world's tallest waterfall?

  • Venezuela, Canada, Peru, or Zimbabwe.

  • Located in the South American country of Venezuela, the 3,200-foot Angel Falls is the tallest fall of them all.

  • Now, some people don't go chasing waterfalls; they stick to the rivers and lakes that they're used to.

  • But in Venezuela, some things just aren't what they used to be, like news anchors.

  • Venezuelans are seeing increased fake news and widespread misinformation about their country through avatarsfake anchors made of artificial intelligence reporting the news.

  • Though the avatars may have been created as a faster way to communicate information,

  • these fake videos are now being used to hide real problems going on inside Venezuela, and many see it as propaganda.

  • Stefano Pozzebon is on the story.

  • This isn't actually a real person.

  • Take a closer look.

  • This fake avatar was created using artificial intelligence to look like a real human.

  • In recent months, videos like this have been shared across Venezuelan social media and even on state-run television to spread misinformation about the country.

  • Media from different countries have described the event organized by Venezuela as a total and unexpected success.

  • This year, Venezuelans have been taking to the streets to demand better living conditions.

  • The country's minimum wage is less than $10 a month, and last year, inflation was over 200%.

  • But these artificial news clips have been trying to make the country look more prosperous.

  • Marivi Marin Vazquez, the executive director at ProBox, a Venezuelan-based organization that monitors for online misinformation,

  • says that these AI-generated people have been created and spread with a specific purpose.

  • To sell to the international community a different reality about the country of success, happiness, and stability that really doesn't exist.

  • So, how true is it that Venezuela is such a poor country?

  • Has the media exaggerated things in that place?

  • And it's not just social media; the Venezuelan government itself is helping to spread these videos on social media and even on state-run television.

  • Even Nicolas Maduro, the country's embattled president, has shared the videos.

  • [Spanish] They are all artificial intelligence. They do not exist.

  • [Spanish] They are robots created by artificial intelligence.

  • [Spanish] I am a robot.

  • These fake videos are often in English with Spanish subtitles and are shared on social media, which is often a trusted source of news for many Venezuelans,

  • because the government imposes strict controls on the country's traditional media.

  • You go from completely lack of reliable information in the traditional media in your region, and then you go towards the other end.

  • So, you're suddenly, like, eating, drinking, smelling everything that is on your WhatsApp or your Telegram or your social media.

  • Start by selecting an AI avatar.

  • Like me.

  • Or me.

  • Or me.

  • These AI avatars are advertised as a way for companies to create easy-to-make instruction on videos, for example.

  • The company behind the technology says that it's not intended to spread false narratives.

  • When asked for comment, the company told CNN that it has since banned House of News from using its AI software.

  • YouTube has also removed the channel from its platform.

  • It's still unclear who originally created these videos, as well as if the Venezuelan government was involved.

  • The government did not respond to CNN's request for comment.

  • Hey, there; I'm Matt, and I can

  • If you are unsure about whether or not a video that you're watching is done by one of these fake avatars, pay close attention to their speech and mouth movement.

  • ... has a dozen pavilions that occupy 23 hectares.

  • Do their words align with the movements of their mouth?

  • Do these movements feel awkward or constricted?

  • Security will be in charge of guards from the general directory.

  • If that is the case, then you're watching a digital avatar; it's not a real person.

  • In Venezuela, it is estimated that 8 million people will mobilize in the next vacation.

  • When your friends and your own government are sharing this misinformation, it demands a lot more vigilance to see through the lies and find the truth.

  • All right, we started this show way up high in the sky and space, but now, we're taking you way down underwater for today's 10 out of 10.

  • Scientists filmed the deepest fish on record.

  • They released this footage of a young snailfish swimming deep in the trenches off of Japan at a depth of more than 27,000 feet.

  • That's almost as deep as the 29,000-foot Mount Everest is high, and this fish is about 2,000 feet deeper than the previous record.

  • Marine biologists said that younger deep-sea snailfish like this one often stay as deep as possible to avoid being eaten by bigger predators swimming above.

  • Now, some other fish are swimming down so low because they dropped out of school.

  • Hey, yo, dad jokes for you.

  • Let's finish this strong with my favorite part of the show.

  • I want to give a special shout out to Park Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska; we see you representing the Cornhusker State.

  • Thanks for subscribing and commenting on our CNN10 YouTube channel, and thanks for all the love.

  • Many blessings, y'all; go on out and make it an awesome day.

  • I'm Coy Wire, and we are CNN 10.

Hello, lovely people; terrific Tuesday to you.

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