But whilst some fear the rise of ai clones, companies including zoom say we should be excited about a future where your clone can go to a meeting on your behalf. Well, joe tidy, and his clone, report. This is an ai clone, not just of my face and voice, of my thoughts as well, trained on my public profile. Hello, joe. What is it thatjoe tidy likes to do for fun? i enjoy participating in triathlons, marathons and wild swimming. I also like golfing and i m a movie geek. Aside from the long delays, it works pretty well, one to one. What if i send it to a work meeting? these ai clones are more about attending meetings than doing the whole job. Keeps things interesting, though. They laugh before we try that, it needs a few tweaks with these engineers, who are experts in making bespoke chatbots. There s growing excitement for al clones across the industry. The ceo of zoom says in the future, we ll be able to offload some of our more mundane meetings to the bots. It sounds bonkers, but things
As chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. Explosion. An attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. Lebanon now on the brink of another war. Chaos on the streets and here is what they are running from. Dahieh, in southern beirut, now looking like gaza. But amid so much destruction, jubilation. Two children rescued from the rubble alive. Hezbollah s backers, iran, say this strike marks a dangerous gamechanging escalation in the conflict. For israel, it s a strike targeting the heart of hezbollah s operations. Moments ago, the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that serves as the epicent
With big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Just a few hours ago, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Capital Today after israel fired a series of rockets into beirut. Israel said it was targeting the headquarters of hezbollah and its leader but its not clear whether he is alive or dead. The initial Death Toll from the explosion is that two people were killed but that is expected to rise. We are told 70 injuries have been reported so far and in the last hour the idf has issued warnings for people living in certain parts of those Southern Suburbs to evacuate their homes, which suggests more strikes may be due overnight. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack on the capital in the Southern Suburbs a dangerous, Game Changing Escalation. In a moment well speak to our international editorjeremy bowen, who will give us the latest on whats happened and look ahead to whats happened