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What's up, sunshine? Welcome to the
show. I'm Koi Wire. This is CNN 10 with
your news for Wednesday, September 3rd.
It is your word Wednesday. One of you
helped us write today's show with a
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Koiwire social account. So, listen up
and let's get this show on the road. In
China, where a gathering of key world
leaders could have big implications for
global politics, Chinese President Xi
Jinping welcomed allies from across Asia
and the Middle East for a summit
designed to showcase China as a capable
counterweight to Western institutions
like the United States and Europe. It
was Xi's meetings with Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Russian
President Vladimir Putin taking center
stage. The friendly displays come as all
three of the world's superpowers face
uncertain relationships with the US
stemming from things like President
Donald Trump's tariffs and Russia's war
on Ukraine. Our Ivan Watson has more.
>> A show of international solidarity at a
time of global uncertainty. Leaders of
three of the world's largest countries
happily rubbing shoulders at a summit of
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in
Tanzhin, China. The leaders of China and
Russia have long complained that the US
and its Western allies have dominated
international relations. So now they've
gathered heads of state from across Asia
and the Middle East into this vast
building to call for the creation of a
new world order.
The host, Chinese President Xiinping,
denouncing bullying and double standards
and promoting China as a champion for
developing countries.
The house rules of a few countries
should not be imposed upon others.
>> Those points echoed by his close partner
Vladimir Putin
even as his military continues its
nightly bombardment of Ukrainian cities.
>> Defying US President Donald Trump's
demands for peace.
But the Russian president accuses the
West of starting Russia's war with
Ukraine and makes his own appeal for a
new global system of governance.
A system that would replace the outdated
Euroentric and Euroatlantic models
taking into account the interests of the
broadest possible range of countries
truly balanced.
>> But it is the presence of India's prime
minister that has been most notable at
this gathering. Narendra Modi came to
China still stinging from 50% tariffs
imposed by the Trump administration on
Indian goods. Snubbed by Washington,
Modi is now mending fences with China.
Despite an ongoing Chinese Indian border
dispute that 5 years ago turned very
deadly, Modi also spent an hour talking
to Putin in the Russian president's
limousine, demonstrating India has other
powerful friends if it can no longer
count on US support. Children in the
eastern Ukrainian city of Kkefe have
started their new school year
underground. Their classrooms are
located in new facilities that were
built to shield students from potential
Russian attacks. As air raid sirens go
off, teachers and children gather in
classrooms equipped with modern supplies
and safety systems. All three floors
below ground. Carke has built seven
underground schools and six subway
stations are now also being used as
underground classrooms. Next up, a
deeper look at artificial intelligence
and chatpots. We know they can be a big
help when trying to find creative
solutions to problems, conducting
research, etc. We also know we shouldn't
rely too heavily on them, right? So that
our mental muscles don't get weak. But
did you know that every time someone
uses a chatbot, it uses a lot of energy
and resources that could potentially
hurt the environment. It's estimated
that more than 2.5 billion messages are
sent to just chat GPT every day. CNN's
Claire Duffy talked to an expert whose
baywick is all things conservation. They
ruminated over potentially more
sustainable ways to use AI.
>> The data centers answering your AI
questions are pulling a whole lot of
electricity from local grids and a ton
of water to stay cool. And the computers
inside are made from rare earth metals
that have to be mined out of the ground.
There's limited data out there, but some
big AI companies have given us at least
some indication of the resources their
AI systems use. In its latest
environmental report, Google said the
electricity consumed by its data centers
grew 27% in 2024 compared to the year
prior, although it said emissions were
falling thanks to investments in clean
energy and making its technology more
efficient.
Open AAI CEO Sam Alman has written that
one chat GPT query uses just about 0.34
W hours about what a high efficiency
light bulb uses in a couple of minutes.
But OpenAI also says that more than 2.5
billion messages are sent to Chhat GPT
daily. So if you do the math every day
Chat GPT is using enough energy to keep
that light bulb running for more than
9,500 years. Google estimates the
average text question to its chatbot
Gemini uses slightly less about 0.24 W
hours. Part of the challenge is that AI
systems demand a lot more resources than
earlier computing models.
>> According to the studies that I ran on
open source models, it's 30 times more
energy for a generative model compared
to an old school like traditional model
for a task like web search. We're still
using Google. We're still using Bing.
the fact that we're switching out tasks
that were traditionally done in a in a
much more kind of efficient way with
generative AI and then multiplied by the
amount of people that uses these tools
every day. That's what really worries me
because the interfaces are the same but
the back end is so much more energy and
resource intensive and we don't see
that.
>> So for consumers out there who are
trying to be mindful about the impact of
their AI usage, how do you go about
that? A good rule of thumb, if if a
model does a single task, it's going to
use a lot less energy. For a lot of
people, it's become chat GPT for just
about anything. And that's where
environmental costs add up. We should be
using multiple platforms, multiple
tools, and I think that that's a healthy
practice to have as a user.
>> 10-second trivia. The RMS Titanic is one
of the most famous shipwrecks of all
time. How long was the ship? 750 ft,
883, 930, or 657 ft.
You are cruising if you said 883 ft. The
Titanic was the largest movable object
in the world when it was built. Today,
Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas holds
the record at 1197 ft long, a football
field longer than the Titanic.
This week marks the 40th anniversary of
a landmark discovery stemming from one
of history's most famous disasters. The
RMS Titanic, which famously sank during
its maiden voyage in 1912, sat
undisturbed at the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean for more than 73 years.
That all changed on September 1st, 1985
when a team of scientists led by Bob
Ballard did the unthinkable, finally
locating the elusive wreck.
>> Wow. It's a boom.
>> Beautiful.
>> Whoa. Where is that?
>> That's a bow.
>> It's a boiler.
>> Like a boiler.
>> Yes. Yes.
>> Fantastic.
>> The crew used cuttingedge prototype
technology of the time, including remote
vehicles that could live stream video
from miles below the surface. Ballard
also became the first person to visit
the wreck that year via Alvin, a crude
submersible that took 2 hours to reach
the seafloor. And the story gets more
unbelievable. Decades later, Ballard
revealed that the entire expedition had
actually been a cover for a top secret
military operation. Did you know?
Ballard convinced the US Navy to help
fund the tech that made his expedition
possible, provided he helped them locate
a pair of downed nuclear subs. The
discovery even resulted in a new word
being added to the Oxford English
dictionary. Ballard coined the term
rusticles to describe the unique
formations covering the wreck. The
result of bacteria feasting on the metal
hull.
[Applause]
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes
they wear shoulder pads. An Army
football player and his dad are being
hailed as heroes after pulling a man
from a car crash just moments before the
vehicle burst into flames. Second-year
West Point cadet Larry Picket Jr. and
his dad sprang into action when they
came across this crash. The pair
immediately rushed to the driver's aid
as first responders were still on their
way to the scene.
>> I was just thinking I'm just grateful
that that that we got them out honestly
cuz I I really don't think that anybody
else was cuz when we pulled up there was
already somebody standing there but they
they saw the electric wire and I don't
think that they wanted to go get them.
>> And their quick thinking may have saved
the driver's life. Just moments after
they pulled the driver to safety, the
car burst into flames. West Point has
praised the father-son duo's selfless
act as an embodiment of Army values, a
sentiment echoed by Larry's father.
>> There was no discussion. My son just
jumped right into action. He mentioned
his military training kicked in. Um, and
we pulled him out. He took care of him
on the side of the road until the uh
police officers got there and then the
fire department got there shortly after.
>> Awesome stuff. Also awesome, Mr. Piss
class at Cass Technical High School in
Detroit, Michigan, for submitting our
your word Wednesday winner, Bailey Wick,
a noun meaning a person's area of skill,
knowledge, authority, or work. Thank you
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