Artificial intelligence

AI spurs 'revolution' for some visually impaired people

AI services that can describe pictures and scenes are helping the visually impaired.

Can AI make life easier for people with dementia?
AI projects are underway to help ease the challenges of dementia.
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Technology
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29 October
Would you let AI plan your next holiday?
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20 September
Are AI-created recipes hard to swallow?
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Business
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29 August
No laughing matter - how AI is helping comedians write jokes
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15 August
Can technology fix the 'broken' concert ticketing system?
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Business
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1 August
Would-be reality TV contestants 'not looking real'
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Business
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25 July
What will future aerial dogfights look like?
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Technology
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19 July
Can we make work meetings more bearable?
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Business
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18 July
How AI is fuelling uncertainty for game developers
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16 July

Will AI make work burnout worse?
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Technology
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23 October
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Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar
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21 May
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How AI is helping to prevent future power cuts
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Business
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11 April
The insect farmers turning to AI to help lower costs
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Business
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2 May
Will AI dream up the hit TV shows of the future?
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Business
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9 May

Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?
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Business
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19 April
Could an AI-created profile picture help you get a job?
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Business
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12 October 2023
The AI companions you can have conversations with
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Business
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8 February
'My AI twin may get me more modelling work'
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Business
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7 March
Tackling deepfakes 'has turned into an arms race'
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Business
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27 March

Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors
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Business
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15 February
How AI is being used to prevent illegal fishing
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Business
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4 April
How the computer games industry is embracing AI
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Business
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3 May
On the warpath: AI's role in the defence industry
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Business
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24 August 2023
Airbnb turns to AI to help prevent house parties
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Business
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26 October 2023

Can AI popstars make it in the real world?
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Technology
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5 October 2023
The self-driving trucks that are deliberately crashed
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Business
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28 September 2023
Is it possible to regulate artificial intelligence?
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Business
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21 September 2023
AI and sound - helping firms build their own 'sonic identity'
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Business
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14 September 2023
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How AI may be a powerful tool in treating male infertility
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Business
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7 September 2023

Latest Updates

Google looks to AI paywall option, claims report, published at 00:22 4 April
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Business
How AI is being used to prevent illegal fishing, published at 00:09 4 April
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Business
Devon university uses AI to detect Asian hornets, published at 10:00 3 April
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Devon
Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj want stop to 'predatory' AI, published at 19:12 2 April
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Technology
UK and US sign landmark deal to test AI safety, published at 10:42 2 April
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Technology
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The Global Story. Audio, 27 minutes, published at 09:50 1 April
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BBC World Service
AI photos show people with cancer their lost future, published at 07:10 30 March
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Wales
AI millionaire: 'Video games can boost creativity', published at 00:31 30 March
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Business
Counterfeit Characters. Audio, 28 minutes, published at 11:30 30 March
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BBC Radio 4
Could artificial intelligence benefit democracy?, published at 01:27 29 March
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UK Politics
Tackling deepfakes 'has turned into an arms race', published at 00:11 27 March
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Business
Data centre power use 'to surge six-fold in 10 years', published at 15:55 26 March
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Technology
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275
Call for people to spot deepfakes ahead of election, published at 06:08 26 March
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Surrey
Could AI take the grind out of accountancy?, published at 00:24 26 March
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Business
Payout for Uber Eats driver over face scan bias case, published at 00:17 26 March
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Technology
I'll Be Back: 40 Years of The Terminator. Audio, 28 minutes, published at 12:00 26 March
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BBC Radio 4
Reddit shares jump in New York stock market debut, published at 22:35 21 March
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Business
NHS AI test spots tiny cancers missed by doctors, published at 01:16 21 March
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Technology
Arts & Ideas. Audio, 15 minutes, published at 12:00 21 March
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BBC Radio 4
British AI pioneer joins Microsoft, published at 19:05 19 March
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Technology
Hospitals using AI to diagnose prostate cancer, published at 06:11 19 March
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Somerset
Nvidia unveils latest artificial intelligence chip, published at 02:38 19 March
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Business
The Gatekeepers. Audio, 32 minutes, published at 06:15 18 March
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BBC Radio 4
Analysis. Audio, 28 minutes, published at 21:00 18 March
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BBC Radio 4