1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,591 AI: Tool for Turbo Profit and Maintaining Power of the Super-rich 2 00:00:00,591 --> 00:00:07,221 The Swiss radio and television station SRF1 reported on January 19, 2026: “The wealth of the world’s 3 00:00:07,221 --> 00:00:12,140 super-rich has never grown as fast as it did last year.” 4 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:19,472 According to the latest Oxfam report, in numerical terms, this translates into a $2.5 trillion increase in wealth 5 00:00:19,472 --> 00:00:24,983 over the past year and total wealth of more than $18 trillion. 6 00:00:24,983 --> 00:00:31,460 "Since 2020, billionaires have become more than 80% richer. 7 00:00:31,460 --> 00:00:35,890 The twelve richest people in the world now have more money than the poorer half of the world's 8 00:00:35,890 --> 00:00:39,680 population—that is, a good four billion people." 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:45,801 If you take a closer look at how this immense growth in wealth came about, you inevitably come across the 10 00:00:45,801 --> 00:00:52,288 rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, which is time and again sold to us as progress. 11 00:00:52,288 --> 00:00:59,046 It certainly means progress, but only for the wallets of the super-rich, while all of humanity is being steered 12 00:00:59,046 --> 00:01:03,980 toward a new, unprecedented crisis of “digital enslavement.” 13 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:09,700 This broadcast explores the background of the issue and reveals who the major beneficiaries of AI are. 14 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:13,920 Elon Musk—the first trillionaire in history 15 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:22,433 Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a shareholder in Tesla, the news service X, xAI, SpaceX, and Neuralink, 16 00:01:22,433 --> 00:01:27,413 among others, is stepping up his AI initiatives. 17 00:01:27,413 --> 00:01:33,327 A new round of funding for his company, xAI, raised billions of U.S. dollars and is 18 00:01:33,327 --> 00:01:37,350 expected to advance his planned supercomputer. 19 00:01:37,350 --> 00:01:44,943 He wants to develop X into an “Everything App” that will combine communication, finance, and AI. 20 00:01:44,943 --> 00:01:51,745 Through SpaceX, he is focusing on reusable missiles, and through Neuralink on so-called brain-computer 21 00:01:51,745 --> 00:01:59,176 interfaces, with the aim of connecting humans and machines - in the spirit of the transhumanists. 22 00:01:59,176 --> 00:02:06,247 Elon Musk's wealth is based primarily on his equity stakes in Tesla and SpaceX, as well as on 23 00:02:06,247 --> 00:02:11,196 stock options and the appreciation of those stakes. 24 00:02:11,196 --> 00:02:20,880 According to the business magazine “Forbes,” his wealth was estimated at $195 billion as of April 2024. 25 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:32,353 By June 2026, he had become the first trillionaire in history, with a fortune of over 1,000 billion U.S. dollars. 26 00:02:32,353 --> 00:02:37,706 Investments in AI are causing Mark Zuckerberg's wealth to skyrocket 27 00:02:37,706 --> 00:02:44,675 Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of the world's largest social media company, which includes Facebook, WhatsApp, 28 00:02:44,675 --> 00:02:49,183 Instagram, Threads, Messenger, and Meta Quest, among others. 29 00:02:49,183 --> 00:02:54,036 Since 2021, the company has been known as Meta Platforms. 30 00:02:54,036 --> 00:02:58,343 Workplace was discontinued in May 2026. 31 00:02:58,343 --> 00:03:06,703 Zuckerberg owns approximately 13% of Meta's shares, and his wealth increased by an estimated 32 00:03:06,703 --> 00:03:11,550 $20 billion between January 2025 and March 2026. 33 00:03:11,550 --> 00:03:19,783 This increase in value is primarily attributable to the rise in Meta's stock price due to massive investments in AI. 34 00:03:19,783 --> 00:03:25,003 So, with the Meta Group, the Facebook founder is relying heavily on artificial intelligence. 35 00:03:25,003 --> 00:03:30,063 His vision is to develop a “personal superintelligence” for every human. 36 00:03:30,063 --> 00:03:36,107 So-called AI agents, which can perform tasks autonomously , are designed to identify users' 37 00:03:36,107 --> 00:03:39,970 goals and work "day and night" to achieve them. 38 00:03:39,970 --> 00:03:48,040 Zuckerberg praises Meta's use of AI, which alone in the first quarter of 2025 encouraged 1,234,321 users to spend 39 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,523 five to six percent more time on Facebook and Instagram. 40 00:03:52,523 --> 00:03:57,530 This shows just how much people are being influenced and driven into an ever-deepening addiction. 41 00:03:57,530 --> 00:04:07,424 People are already totally dependent on their smartphones. How much more would they rely on a personal AI friend? 42 00:04:07,424 --> 00:04:13,584 Larry Ellison: $100 billion in profits from AI 43 00:04:13,584 --> 00:04:21,664 Larry Ellison is the chairman and co-founder of the software giant Oracle, of which he owns about 40%. 44 00:04:21,664 --> 00:04:30,170 Ellison also owns nearly 50% of the media giant Paramount Skydance and has taken control of TikTok. 45 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:38,039 In February 2026, his wealth was estimated at 222.7 billion U.S. dollars—approximately 100 46 00:04:38,039 --> 00:04:43,423 billion U.S. dollars more than in November 2024. 47 00:04:43,423 --> 00:04:50,900 His company, Oracle, provides AI firms with computing power worth a staggering 455 billion U.S. dollars and 48 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:57,816 operates several data centers of its own equipped with thousands of rare graphics chips. 49 00:04:57,816 --> 00:05:02,836 Oracle also has a contract with OpenAI for the next five years. 50 00:05:02,836 --> 00:05:08,468 In addition, Oracle and Ellison are playing a key role in Stargate, a massive U.S. 51 00:05:08,468 --> 00:05:13,156 infrastructure project aimed at expanding AI data centers. 52 00:05:13,156 --> 00:05:22,116 You don't have to be a clairvoyant to predict that Ellison's fortune will continue to grow in the coming years. 53 00:05:22,116 --> 00:05:27,716 Amazon Cloud & AI Research – Billions in Profits for Jeff Bezos 54 00:05:27,716 --> 00:05:37,449 In December 2025, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was the fourth-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $239.4 billion. 55 00:05:37,449 --> 00:05:43,328 As of early April 2024, he owned 1,234,321,194 billion U.S. dollars. 56 00:05:43,328 --> 00:05:52,796 The growth of his wealth is primarily attributable to massive investments in cloud infrastructure and AI applications. 57 00:05:52,796 --> 00:06:01,060 As a result, the trading volume of Amazon shares rose to $51.24 billion in 2025 alone. 58 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:05,237 That represents a 26% increase over the previous year. 59 00:06:05,237 --> 00:06:12,744 With data centers around the world, Amazon Web Services (AWS) operates the most extensive global cloud infrastructure. 60 00:06:12,744 --> 00:06:16,297 It's not just large companies that use this service. 61 00:06:16,297 --> 00:06:23,564 Secret services also use the cloud to leverage data analysis and artificial intelligence for espionage. 62 00:06:23,564 --> 00:06:30,862 Amazon has announced that it will invest approximately $200 billion in artificial intelligence, 63 00:06:30,862 --> 00:06:35,803 cloud computing, robotics, and satellites by 2026. 64 00:06:35,803 --> 00:06:41,765 As a result, Jeff Bezos is positioning Amazon as the indispensable backbone of the global AI 65 00:06:41,765 --> 00:06:49,763 revolution—or, to put it more accurately, as a global player in the worldwide digital enslavement. 66 00:06:49,763 --> 00:06:51,430 Summary so far: 67 00:06:51,430 --> 00:06:56,184 Tech billionaires are investing massive sums in artificial intelligence and reaping enormous profits as a 68 00:06:56,184 --> 00:06:59,583 result, while the general public is becoming poorer. 69 00:06:59,583 --> 00:07:05,418 However, the general public is not entirely blameless in this decline, as many people use AI—often out of 70 00:07:05,418 --> 00:07:09,710 convenience—and thereby render themselves redundant. 71 00:07:09,710 --> 00:07:16,228 The development of a global digital infrastructure is driving people into a state of constant surveillance and dependence, 72 00:07:16,228 --> 00:07:20,680 the consequences of which are still completely unpredictable. 73 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,340 But what is the solution? What should be done? 74 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:29,490 For one thing, it is important to bring all kinds of AI crisis profiteers into the global spotlight. 75 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:34,110 That's what "Vetopedia" is for—the free encyclopedia of dissenting opinions! 76 00:07:34,110 --> 00:07:41,104 Under “Crisis Profits,” you’ll find numerous facts that demonstrate how the puppet masters behind world events have 77 00:07:41,104 --> 00:07:45,496 reaped huge profits from all the crises of recent years. 78 00:07:45,496 --> 00:07:49,237 Crises do not just happen by chance; rather, they are deliberately orchestrated and 79 00:07:49,237 --> 00:07:51,929 exploited by those seeking to profit from them. 80 00:07:51,929 --> 00:07:54,789 That is exactly what the global public needs to be made aware of. 81 00:07:54,789 --> 00:08:02,843 You, too, can help in this effort to expose such practices by reporting any unjust crisis profits you become aware 82 00:08:02,843 --> 00:08:10,215 of at www.vetopedia.org under the “Crisis Profits” section and by spreading the word about “Vetopedia.” 83 00:08:10,215 --> 00:08:11,142 Thank you very much!