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

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AI narration of chef Bourdain's voice sparks row, published at 14:33 16 July 2021
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Should we trust big tech with our health data?, published at 00:03 15 July 2021
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Google boss warns of threats to free internet, published at 00:06 12 July 2021
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Voice cloning of growing interest to actors and cybercriminals, published at 00:01 12 July 2021
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Retailers 'need to embrace AI' Video, 00:00:49, published at 15:18 9 July 2021
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Four Thought. Audio, 21 minutes, published at 21:00 7 July 2021
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RIP Pepper robot? SoftBank 'pauses' production, published at 12:48 29 June 2021
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'Eyes of a machine': How to classify Planet Earth, published at 00:27 26 June 2021
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Missing edges of Rembrandt’s art restored using AI, published at 19:02 23 June 2021
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DeepMind uses AI to tackle deadly diseases, published at 14:51 23 June 2021
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Digital Planet. Audio, 41 minutes, published at 21:00 22 June 2021
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AI-driven robot Mayflower develops fault, published at 12:12 19 June 2021
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How market research reveals what you really think, published at 00:37 18 June 2021
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AI-driven robot Mayflower begins Atlantic voyage, published at 20:02 16 June 2021
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Devon
Self-harm warning signs can appear decade earlier, published at 00:24 15 June 2021
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How tech could help create 'music prescriptions' Video, 00:03:52, published at 18:10 10 June 2021
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Technology
The Compass. Audio, 27 minutes, published at 03:00 9 June 2021
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Can't Get You Out of My Head. Video, 120 minutes, published at 05:05 11 February 2021
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BBC
New £210m AI computing centre 'will help business', published at 11:56 4 June 2021
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Parkinson's, AI and me, published at 01:42 4 June 2021
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Deepfake pornography could become an 'epidemic', published at 22:55 27 May 2021
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Scotland
Legality of collecting faces online challenged, published at 12:42 27 May 2021
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