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Artificial intelligence: Your questions answered

Two of our correspondents run us through the technology and the impact it might have on the world.

A man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job, warning about the growing dangers from developments in the field. Geoffrey Hinton announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regretted his work. He told the BBC some of the dangers of AI chatbots were "quite scary". Two of our correspondents run us through the technology and the impact it might have on the world.

We speak to two striking writers - thousands of Hollywood TV and movie screenwriters who are part of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are striking for the first time in 15 years.

And we hear about the new emergency radio service for Sudan which has been launched on BBC News Arabic. It will be broadcast twice a day for three months, providing news and information for people living there.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: A keyboard is seen reflected on a computer screen displaying the website of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot from OpenAI. Credit: Reuters/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 May 202315:06GMT

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  • Tue 2 May 202315:06GMT

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