Scandal later today. Between 1999 and 2015 Hundreds Of Sub Postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software. Its the first time shell publicly speak about her role in the scandal for nearly a decade. Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has the details. Its 2012, and Paula Vennells is in herfirst year as the new boss of the post office. Shes already spent half a decade with the business. And here shes on a visit to the shop floor. Retail is detail. I dont know whoever it was that said that, but it is that. And you come to places like this and you find out the Little Things that make the operation much more efficient. Back then, the post office was haemorrhaging money. The pressure is on to turn things around. But did she put profits before people . Theres a sack full of questions waiting for her now. Lee bought the Bridlington Branch in 2003. The losses soon began. Here he is after the post office made him bankrupt with huge legal costs as they pursued him in court. So imp
Neil italian, we are not doing much in the corner of wall and broad but we are looking at gains on the week, if we have any gain in the dow we could be making it 5 days in a row. This optimism the things are slowing down enough to get the Federal Reserve to squeeze two by the end of the year. It might be a leap year but we are following how you feel about things, Consumer Confidence took a big dive in the latest month but what was interesting was expectations for inflation, that doesnt mean they will be stubbornly high, just that most americans seem to think that is a perennial problem around us for a while. If you fear that, it might affect what you do, whether you are concerned about Interest Rate staying high. Those expectations feed this inflation juggernaut. It is an interesting juxtaposition. Reporter i have been saying this to you for a while, watch the 10 year yield, it dropped 4. 7 to 4. 5 and that has the market recovering a lot, when the market dropped yields were going up a
[applause] the importance of discussing Artificial Intelligence may very well be crucial to human destiny. Destiny. Trying ttry and to assess everyg that could go wrong is not being alarmist. On the contrary, deep thinking coming analysis and advanced planning will allow us to think about what kind of future do we want, and ultimately enable us to create a future with ai that is positive for humans and machines. We are fortunate that these conversations are happening now, and that two of the press and thought leaders driving these conversations are our special guest tonight. First we will hear from eric director on the Digital Economy and author with Andrew Mcafee of two bestselling books the second machine age and machine platform crowd harnessing the digital future. Next we will hear from max tegmark cofounder of the culture of Life Institute and author of the new book just coming out, life 3. 0 being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence, and i understand it is in its second w
Create a future with ai that is positive for humans and machines. We are fortunate these conversations are happening more and two of the president fought leaders driving these conversations our special guests tonight. We will hear from the director of the mit initiative on the Digital Economy, Erik Brynjolfsson, and author of two bestselling books. The second machine age and machine platform crowd harnessing the future. Next we will hear from max tegmark of the Life Institute and author of the new book just coming out, life 3. 0 being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence. And i understand it is in its second week on the New York Times bestseller list. The two gentlemen have a conversation together and time for questions with the audience before we conclude with a reception and a book signing. With further a do, join me in giving a warm welcome to Erik Brynjolfsson and max tegmark. [applause] i am so delighted to be here, a pleasure to have a chance to share the research we have
Conversations are happening now, and that two of the press and thought leaders driving these conversations are our special guest tonight. First we will hear from eric director on the Digital Economy and author with Andrew Mcafee of two bestselling books the second machine age and machine platform crowd harnessing the digital future. Next we will hear from max tegmark cofounder of the culture of Life Institute and author of the new book just coming out, life 3. 0 being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence, and i understand it is in its second week on the New York Times bestseller list. Congratulations. And the gentleman will have a conversation together and finally, there will be time for questions with the audience. Before we conclude with reception and a book signing. Without further ado, please join me in giving a warm welcome to eric and max tegmark. [applause]. Thank you jack and susie for supporting us. Especially think its a mark, we only known each other about three years