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World Service,14 Jul 2021,26 mins

Inflation spikes in US and UK

World Business Report

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As the US and UK report inflation hikes, how worried we should be about price rises? Jennifer McKeown of Capital Economics gives us her perspective. Also in the programme, the former Nissan and Renault boss Carlos Ghosn talks to the BBC about his arrest and escape from the Japanese justice system. Plus, we explore the technology of voice cloning and its potential to disrupt jobs and industries. Rupal Patel is chief executive of VocalID, and professor of communications sciences at Northeastern University, who has developed artificial intelligence voice cloning software. And we get reaction from Texan voiceover artist and actor, Tim Heller, whose voice has been cloned using the system. (Picture: A cashier at a supermarket. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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