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In September of 2016, Google announced the launch of the Neural Machine Translation system. The technology was meant to improve the accuracy of automated translations. But things went far beyond the tech giant’s plan, as self-learning computers invented their own modus operandi.

On today’s episode of Double Down, hosts Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are joined by author, Ian Fraser, to discuss his role in the downfall of the gang of HBOS bankers sent to jail this week.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Walter Smolarek fills in for Brian Becker and is joined by Juan Jose Gutierrez, executive director of the Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition.

What is the importance of radio in 2017 and how is the platform designed to work with political, social and economic movements.

Monday: World Radio Day comes to the Sputnik studios; President Trump has a change of approach towards Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine; and members of the South American trading bloc Mercosur meet with counterparts from the European Union.

With the advent of movies like The Terminator and War Games the idea of machines turning against their creators embedded itself in society. However, at that time there was no technology that could enable computers to learn quickly and effectively. Nowadays, artificial neural networks present humanity with new possibilities... and new dangers.

Officials were warned. Twelve years ago. On today's BradCast: Another round of storms are on the way and the state of California is on edge, as the nation's tallest dam remains at imminent risk of failure and some 188,000 residents have been forced to flea the path of what could result in one of the nation's worst dam disasters.

On today's show among other things we talk about Kris Kobach's statement about voter fraud, namely that 6 thousand people in New Hampshire voted in two states.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined by Ruth Beltran, a member of Black Lives Matter - Sarasota; by Eugene Puryear, the host of Radio Sputnik's By Any Means Necessary; and by Bob Schlehuber, a Sputnik News analyst and producer of that program.

Will Trump find a way to end the US' involvement in Middle Eastern wars? DAPL receives permits to restart construction.

On today's show, among other things, we talk about Donald Trump's decision to name Mike Catanzaro as top White House energy aide.

On today's BradCast, Trump took a serious thumping from a federal appeals court this week, but his other Executive Orders on immigration move forward nonetheless, resulting, for a start, in the heart-breaking deportation of an undocumented married mother of two young US-born children on Thursday.

Kiev's war on Donbass has heated up right when Presidents Putin and Trump seem ready for a New Détente, leading many to wonder whether this latest conflict is a planned act of geopolitical sabotage.

The massive anti-government protests in Romania have grown from opposing a piece of legislation to demanding the resignation of the government, provoking fear of an imminent Color Revolution.

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu will visit his close friend and political ally US President Donald Trump next week, during which time they'll likely discuss joint strategies against Iran.

Friday: Why does Donald Trump want to move closer to Egypt’s President Sisi? And Mark Hirst brings us a special report on Syrian refugees in Iceland.

As riots break out across America, those with a better view note the similarity between what is happening and the so-called "color revolutions."

It may be difficult for many people to even contemplate the possibility that the reasoning behind military interventions based on "humanitarian intervention" can be questioned. In this program, however, Vijay Prashad, Professor of International Studies at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut questions the "right to intervene."

President Trump, in his first TV interview, said that torture "absolutely" works and that the US should "fight fire with fire." Trump is reported to be preparing an executive order that will reinstate "black sites," where torture is allowed. Many Americans criticize the use of torture because it contradicts the constitution, and it is ineffective.

Arizona activists fight to keep immigrants in the US; Muslim opposition to Trump, and the future of the FCC under Ajit Pai.