I am really Catalan Jones on today s tech tent amid all the current hype around artificial intelligence you could be forgiven for thinking computers a close to taking over from humans we hear from an insider why he thinks that s unlikely any time soon there has been an expansion in the computational capacity of the systems on which the ai technologies are run but in terms of groundbreaking new developments there hasn t been anything really transformational or transcendental that s computer scientist and businessmen. Stay listening for more of him Plus we re talking to voice activated devices threaten the richness of spoken English we visit a museum in the north of England that is considering that question and we learn why a mysterious Russian satellite launch last year has caused alarm in the us I ll be joined by b.b.c. Tech reporter Jane Wakefield and my special guest today is critics Sharma who s in charge of artificial intelligence at the business services for Sage will be back rig
Really tough choice. One could get out I m Michael Crozier live from the 24 hour care find news room Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten is being granted parole in California she was 19 when she helped kill grocery store owner Lino a La Bianca and his wife Rosemary in 1969 she did not take part in the murders of 7 people the previous night including actress Sharon Tate and how it was also granted parole last year but Governor Brown overruled the release he s currently out of the country $120.00 days to respond or not respond to the parole being granted it sees pieces a man fatally shot by an officer inside the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown l.a. Was holding what turned out to be an aluminum can in a bag and then followed an employee through the front door shortly after 6 am a police say it was as the man got near the security checkpoint he raised his hands which he had covered with bags and told people to get on the ground the c.h.p. Officer confronted him shooting hap
And this from a.b.c. New. From a.b.c. News. I m Todd and see Key West. By the people here so we re still gonna weather some Key West residents are choosing to ignore an evacuation order and ride the storm out despite the mayor telling residents to get out while they still can. Spend about 20 to 25 miles in diameter with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour as the storm carbs its way through the Caribbean National Hurricane Center s acting director Ed Rappaport says Puerto Rico avoided a direct hit but Erma still headed straight for Florida. Up the Florida peninsula which is our fear then we will have an impact that will be. Potentially. 25 years ago mandatory evacuation orders were announced Wednesday night for part of Miami Dade County including Miami Beach President Trump agrees with the Democrats when it comes to at least one issue extending the nation s debt limit and a deal Wednesday blindsided Republicans in the oval office sitting down with leaders of both parties the p
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