says, no, to camp, we ve done a deal. that s the situation tonight. many thanks. we ll catch up again later. let s take a closer look at the man who called for the rebellion, yevgeny prigozhin, and the group of mercenary soldiers he leads, known as the wagner group. our security correspondent, gordon corera, has more details. yevgeny prigozhin outside russian military headquarters in rostov on don this morning, boasting his wagner group have taken it without firing a shot. butjust who is this man challenging russia s leaders? prigozhin began as a criminal from st petersburg. after leaving jail, he began selling hotdogs but then graduated to running expensive restaurants. he caught the attention of russia s leader, leading him to be known as putin s chef. he catered to world leaders when they visited, even america s president, but also became rich from lucrative military contracts.
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of russian missiling. what he s right now trying to do is he s trying to identify certain scapegoats where he could point fingers. it was their fault that this missiles are not being so invulnerable as they were declared to be. and he found them. he found three scientists of my home place in which were doing testing of missiles, and they said they falsefied the results. and this is an important lesson for all of the scientists in the country, just stay away from the military contracts, stay away from this, which is government, and do what you re supposed to do. do innovations and good things for people. anchor: all right. i appreciate your time, thank you very much. thank you for having me. i m going to go straight to leon the former secretary of
researcher at google, and she left after leading walkouts over military contracts, and google s handling of conduct, and whitaker says it s the issues around ai that worry her most. so the idea that this is going to sort of magically become a source of social good or that this is a kind of a natural substance that all of us have the ability to use equally and hey, teachers will be using it and students will be using it and non-profits will be using it is simply not true. that s a fantasy used to market these programs. you can watch the full episode on the power of ai, and it s on peacock or youtube or it s after this broadcast on nbc news now, and the bottom line is it s available right now. when we come back, the party that once demanded morality is led by someone who has been found liable for sexual assault