to reach the tournament. they're one of those playing for the final three qualifying spots after missing out on an automatic one this week. if they beat finland in cardiff, they'll take on either poland or estonia. what's important to us, as you'll be aware of, is the home draw on the second leg is in the final. so that's important for us. we've got to get the job done first and foremost, of course we have, but we are probably wanting to avoid ukraine, as well. so i think it's gone to plan for us. the form we are in at the minute, and with the red wall at home, we'll take anybody on at cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to beat kazakhstan and then either georgia or luxembourg, while bosnia will play ukraine and israel will face iceland. the forward has her presented his country for 15 years, he was part of the world cup winning squad, and his goal in the final was one of the 29 he scored for argentina in 136 appearances so far. he 35 now, currently in his second spell at benfica, and also played club football for the likes of real madrid, psg and manchester united. chelsea are playing against chelsea fc. sam kerr has scored a goalfor them, and they are leading, 32 minutes into that game, and hack in our at the top after their victory over real madrid. also earlier, bayern munich beat psg 1—0 in paris. it's only four days since they met in the world cup final, but india and australia played another game of cricket today. and this one was a lot closer than the match in ahmedabad on sunday. it was a t20, and was won thrillingly by india with a six off the final ball by rinku singh. scant consolation, you'd imagine, and the teams were very different after the seven—week slog of the 50 over competition that's just ended. but india chased down a team record 210 to win in visakhapatnam. england test captain ben stokes will play no part in next year's indian premier league after withdrawing from the tournament. he's made himself unavailable in order to manage his workload and fitness. stokes was a part of england's recent world cup squad, but is due to have knee surgery before england's five—match test series in india which starts in late january. lewis hamilton has denied claims he approached red bull earlier this mark allen will take on china's competitor, and a repeat of last year's final. ronnie o'sullivan will start his campaign against anthony mcgill on tuesday. if you're in the uk, you can follow it across the bbc. that's all your support for now, back to you. we should start this half with something good, nothing lifts the soul quite like good news about blue wales. it's the largest animal known to have existed and they are back in the indian ocean. they were wiped out by hunting decades ago. underwater recordings have revealed that the world's largest creatures spend months in the tropical waters around the island nation of the seychelles. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. the biggest animals on earth. blue whales have returned to inhabit tropical waters where, just a few decades ago, they were wiped out. on two recent expeditions, researchers and documentary film—makers came to the seychelles in search of the giant marine mammals. this is really cool. i've never seen so many different species, so many of so many different species. we've got hundreds of animals here. it's... it's pretty remarkable. this is now an ecological paradise teeming with life. but back in the 1960s, soviet whaling vessels captured and killed hundreds of blue whales in these waters. all right, here you go. 0k. to find out if the animals had returned scientists listened. underwater microphones are able to pick up the very low frequency sounds that blue whales use to communicate over distances of hundreds of miles through the ocean. but the researchers weren't actually able to hear the blue whales calling directly. it took a year of recording from the sea bed and painstaking analysis of all those months of sound to identify the telltale, very low frequency, deep calls. the signature of these marine giants. we do know that blue whales worldwide were decimated by commercial whaling. we listened for over a year and we heard them in many months of the year. that suggests that the seychelles is really important for blue whales. and so understanding when and where blue whales may have recovered and are coming back, it's a really good conservation win. long after the end of commercial whaling here, the seychelles has committed to officially protecting almost a third of its national waters for wildlife. turns out if you stop killing animals on mass scales and you give them a chance to rebound, they can recover. the scientists hope to return to find out more about how the world's largest whales are using this area and if they're breeding here. they'll be looking and listening for more clues about how to protect these waters now that the ocean's largest inhabitants have returned. victoria gill, bbc news. don't you feel better? around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. at the central methodist hall, in coventry, volunteers have come together to put on the £1 panto. it's called cinderballa, and it's a take on cinderella — but the twist here is she wants to play football, rather than go to the ball. # like a diamond in the sky... cinderballa actually is poor, and she has an evil stepmum, and she has dreams of being a massive football player. and the dream is to just show young kids and everyone else that anyone can follow their dreams. gareth southgate and sarina wiegman, the national team coaches, are in the cast. european champions and world cup finalists this year! cheering and i manage the men's and we've won... - anyway! cinderballa runs from 4—9 december, and the details on how to go are on friday's social media accounts. you're live with bbc news. it's that time of the week when we look in—depth at some of the most eye—catching stories in the world of artificial intellligence. welcome to ai decoded — the week when we look in—depth at some of the most eye—catching stories in the world of artificial intellligence. all sorts of speculation as to why sam altman was sacked from 0penai. researchers at the company sent the board a letter warning of a huge ai breakthrough, and that the previously unreported letter ultimately led to founder and ceo sam altman's removal, according to sources. the business insider looks at a recent interview given by microsoft founder bill gates, who says technology may not replace humans, but it could make a three—day work week possible. he went on to say there could exist a world where "machines can make all the food and the stuff," and that people wouldn't have to work a five day—plus work week to earn a living wage. in forbes magazine, researchers at the university of texas in austin have successfully developed a noninvasive ai "language decoder" that can read human brainwaves and interpret what people are thinking in real—time. i'm sure it will quickly work out what i'm thinking about in this story. and finally, the euro news, a spanish company has decided to create their own model and influencer using ai. the virtual model can earn up to 10,000 euros a month, so say goodbye to the kardashians. and finally, the mirror says the world's first robot that can find and fix potholes using ai has been developed by british scientists. it's a mix of a tank and a road roller will help local authorities fix the almost two million potholes that plague uk roads. you cannot hire it. with me is priya lakhani, who is an ai entrepreneur and founder of century tech, an artificial intelligence education technology company that develops ai—powered learning tools. she knows everything about al, and before you came to us, she said to me, "i'm literally shaking about the story in the guardian." project 0 is ill is because a lot of us have been sitting on social media and saying what is q sitting on social media and saying what is 0 star? it seems to be a huge breakthrough, and i think what we've learned _ huge breakthrough, and i think what we've learned is _ huge breakthrough, and i think wisgt we've learned is literally days or hours before sam altman was fired by the board, and we had this huge drama at 0penai, there was a letter by researchers at 0penai to the board saying there was this big breakthrough that could get us closer to what we call artificial general intelligence. what is the breakthrough? they've discovered a way, and it will sound quite simple, but it's a big deal. they've discovered a way to use language models, so like chatgpt that has not been able to previously answer matt's questions, and they basically developed a new model, a new way where they can accurately answer matt's questions. now why is that a really big deal? if we think about it, if you go into those language models, they will statistically give you what they think is the next right word or batch of words. so when you gave it a real—world problem, it can come up with a variety of answers, because it's based on probabilities. the language is translated into mathematics and probabilities, and then what you see as text, but it's actually maths. the thing with mathematics and the reason it's been terrible at feed forward reasoning is because matt's has one single answer. so when it's been coming up with assumptions, the idea is it's because it's coming up with probabilities —— maths. if they could come up with a model that can answer maths that had a single truth, then you canjust imagine. we talk about real—world problems in human language, translate any task or problem into language, put it through this new model that now has the consistency of flawless mathematics. you could hypothetically... mathematics. you could hypothetically. . .- mathematics. you could hypothetically. . . hypothetically... your proper terrifying _ hypothetically... your proper terrifying me _ hypothetically... your proper terrifying me now. _ hypothetically... your proper terrifying me now. it - hypothetically... your proper terrifying me now. it is - hypothetically... your proper - terrifying me now. it is therefore learning and can learn exponentially to such a degree that it would be the smartest human on the planet? so the smartest human on the planet? sr what the smartest human on the planet? 5r what you want to do is train it with lots of problems, but we've never had an issue with that, they have the compute power and investment. if you think about what agi is, people confuse it with a human — intelligence is not the same as being sentiment. so it's about a machine being able to perform intellectual tasks like you and me, like a human. so if you now have a model that can do that, you can start to see that you could solve real—world problems. where this is exciting as scientific research. you would've never used of the current models that exist today that have excited the masses and captured the imagination of the public on scientific research because it gets the maths wrong. it makes assumptions that are not correct. if they have solved this problem, — you can look at social media and see what people are saying 0* actually is, and you can start to see how that's possible — and we are getting closer to that, but... that's possible — and we are getting closerto that, but... just that's possible - and we are getting closer to that, but. . ._ closer to that, but... just going back to sam — closer to that, but... just going back to sam altman, _ closer to that, but... just going back to sam altman, the - closer to that, but... just going back to sam altman, the view i closer to that, but... just going | back to sam altman, the view is closer to that, but... just going - back to sam altman, the view is bit that's being reported is he wants to go quick with this and i guess make a profit from it quicker than those who are coding around him. the thing that we are being pointed out to is we put social media in the hands of just a few people and we just brought him back and put them on a pedestal. are we not doing the same thing with him? this pedestal. are we not doing the same thing with him?— thing with him? this is the big ruestion thing with him? this is the big question because _ thing with him? this is the big question because you - thing with him? this is the big question because you have - thing with him? this is the big| question because you have this thing with him? this is the big - question because you have this board that was a nonprofit board trying to control what's now a profit making machine. i think sam altman makes clear something along the lines of how... he doesn't need to, he's incredibly successful, but there is a fantastic quote from jurassic park from doctor ian malcolm, "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop and think about whether they should." that's the question, was it that this news and this breakthrough, alongside maybe some other things, breakthrough, alongside maybe some otherthings, made breakthrough, alongside maybe some other things, made the not—for—profit board think that they need to help humanity, and we don't know the outcomes of this? so therefore we will fire you. then you have microsoft's billions behind that who will go and create... timer;r that who will go and create... they are in it for — that who will go and create... they are in it for profit. _ that who will go and create... they are in it for profit. get 700 - are in it for profit. get 700 employees _ are in it for profit. get 700 employees were _ are in it for profit. get 700 employees were about - are in it for profit. get 700 employees were about to i are in it for profit. get 700 - employees were about to follow him out the door to microsoft. so you do have this situation with who's in charge here? it seems to be a handful of people, and what i don't like about it is they are saying that we want transparency — at the ai summit a couple weeks ago, we had all these leaders and politicians saying we now have access to these models before they are being released. but if you are so interested in transparency and you want regulation, what is q*, why are we hearing about it now, and shouldn't we be bringing people on the journey with us? i think the general public will hear this and be quite alarmed by this. and i think the consequences — we can talk about that forever, but they are potentially real and a lot sooner than i think i'd originally also thought. than i think i'd originally also thou:ht. ., than i think i'd originally also thou:ht. . , .,. than i think i'd originally also thou:ht. . , ._, ., . thought. real pivotal moment, which brin . s thought. real pivotal moment, which brinrs us thought. real pivotal moment, which brin . s us to thought. real pivotal moment, which brings us to this _ thought. real pivotal moment, which brings us to this story _ thought. real pivotal moment, which brings us to this story in _ thought. real pivotal moment, which brings us to this story in the - brings us to this story in the business insider — if you have the story like project 0 that can think for itself and economically solve maths problems, then why would they need us? and what bill gates is saying is that so sophisticated will this become that we will only work a three day week, there won't be enoughjobs. three day week, there won't be enough join-— three day week, there won't be enou~h'obs. �* ., ., ., �* enough jobs. before today i would've -robabl enough jobs. before today i would've probably given _ enough jobs. before today i would've probably given a _ enough jobs. before today i would've probably given a similar— enough jobs. before today i would've probably given a similar answer, - enough jobs. before today i would've probably given a similar answer, but| probably given a similar answer, but i would say it's quite far away. i'm not so sure any more. a three day work week is not a bad concept, people like the idea of this worklife balance. it’s people like the idea of this worklife balance. it's whether humans can _ worklife balance. it's whether humans can live _ worklife balance. it's whether humans can live like - worklife balance. it's whether humans can live like that. - worklife balance. it's whether i humans can live like that. we've talked about growth figures this week, economies and people themselves have to grow, they a cumulate stuff. would we just be happy planting our own veg and working a through the week? i think one of the biggest _ working a through the week? i think one of the biggest problems - working a through the week? i think one of the biggest problems with i working a through the week? i try “ia; one of the biggest problems with gdp flatlining in the uk, i know we have productivity in other parts of the world — it's not about how long you work in the hours you work, it's not the quantity, it's the quality. so i think what bill gates is trying to get at is, if we can have that quality and ai can help us on that journey, then why is that a bad thing? i think the big question is much more about life's purpose. we have this relatively recent phenomenon of "my work is my life, that's my meaning in life." if you go back into the ages and think it was religious or cultural, or where you sat in the community, what was your life's purpose? bier? you sat in the community, what was your life's purpose?— your life's purpose? very quickly, if ou your life's purpose? very quickly, if you think _ your life's purpose? very quickly, if you think we — your life's purpose? very quickly, if you think we consume - your life's purpose? very quickly, if you think we consume planets i your life's purpose? very quickly, i if you think we consume planets at the moment, then we need to change the moment, then we need to change the way we work, you can see why bill gates is saying, "it may not be as big as the industrial revolution, but it certainly as big as the advent of pc," and may be more than that. i advent of pc," and may be more than that. ~ , ., that. i think is right, and the reason is _ that. i think is right, and the reason is talking _ that. i think is right, and the reason is talking about - that. i think is right, and the reason is talking about this i that. i think is right, and the| reason is talking about this is these people, who have been involved in this technology and the rapid pace of advancement of technology, can see that being the future. and again, combined with the first story we discussed, we are saying this is potentially a lot closer than we originally thought. this potentially a lot closer than we originally thought.— originally thought. this forbes story quite _ originally thought. this forbes story quite literally _ originally thought. this forbes story quite literally blows - originally thought. this forbes story quite literally blows my i originally thought. this forbes - story quite literally blows my mind, because these researchers at the university of texas have developed a noninvasive language decoder that can read brain waves and interpret what people think in real time. i know that are already doing this, they can already tell when you look atjuan mata where your eyes are going, but this seems to be on a whole different level.— whole different level. previously ou would whole different level. previously you would have _ whole different level. previously you would have an _ whole different level. previously you would have an invasive - whole different level. previously i you would have an invasive surgery or device, and it essentially collects intracranial recordings. the reason why this is news is because they are using eeg helmets, so they are using noninvasive — potentially the new wearable — and they are recording brain activity. in this story, however, just because in this story, however, just because i think the story is a bit loopy, i'm sorry, it's gone really far — it's making assumptions that, because it's a 40—80% success rate of using an eeg or meg helmet, this brainwave technology and being able to essentially predict the word or sentence christian is thinking about, it's now saying you can read your thoughts. that's very different. however — if you didn't think i would give you ai whiplash on this segment, you are wrong — the future is now combining that with neural link, elon musk�*s technology where they implant chips in the brain. 0ther where they implant chips in the brain. other companies are looking at how to insert chips into your brain, elon musk isn't the only one. literally mind blown. band brain, elon musk isn't the only one. literally mind blown.— literally mind blown. and combined those learnings _ literally mind blown. and combined those learnings with _ literally mind blown. and combined those learnings with that _ literally mind blown. and combined those learnings with that sort i literally mind blown. and combined those learnings with that sort of i those learnings with that sort of technology, then any readers who want to read the article and see where it gets a loopy... but want to read the article and see where it gets a loopy. . .- want to read the article and see where it gets a loopy... but if you ut these where it gets a loopy... but if you put these first _ where it gets a loopy... but if you put these first three _ where it gets a loopy... but if you put these first three stories i put these first three stories together, not to get too philosophical about this,, together, not to get too philosophicalabout this,, but together, not to get too philosophical about this,, but we will soon coexist and evolve with machines in a way that we have not done before. and that really brings me to this next story about this virtual being — i know this is your favourite story of the week — i don't even know what she moves like, but she looks real, right? she don't even know what she moves like, but she looks real, right?— but she looks real, right? she does look real. apparently _ but she looks real, right? she does look real. apparently she's - but she looks real, right? she does look real. apparently she's just i look real. apparently she's “ust been to the fi look real. apparently she's “ust been to the gym i look real. apparently she's “ust been to the gym in i look real. apparently she's “ust been to the gym in madrid i look real. apparently she'sjust been to the gym in madrid and| look real. apparently she's just i been to the gym in madrid and they are saying this is how she works out, and they follow her both. but they're not real! ill celebrities are currently wanting to date her. i'm really looking forward to who that celebrity is.— that celebrity is. what's really fascinating — that celebrity is. what's really fascinating about _ that celebrity is. what's really fascinating about this, - that celebrity is. what's reallyl fascinating about this, because that celebrity is. what's really i fascinating about this, because i did some research for this segment, influencer marketing has doubled since 2019, it's now worth $21 billion — that's an enormous market. so if there are marketing companies that can generate these images, and think how attached people become to gaming and the gaming avatars... i don't watch the kardashians but i watch her through the screen, why is she any different to someone who looks real who does the same thing? there is an interesting point in the story where it says the reason they have her in a gym or going to madrid, and they've basically photoshop lots of images together, is because she needs a life, because what this marketing agency has said is people don't follow images, they follow lives. so i'm really interested as to how this unfolds with other marketing agencies. so if somebody was set building a life behind that al created person, an artificial person, what i think is really interesting about the story, they never set up was an aia which was an issue because regulators are all talking about if you're going to start using ai images, we will start clamping down on that in the future and make sure you disclose that it's artificial intelligence. and i wonder how much humans will follow influencers who are ai avatars, versus real humans with real life stories? and the problem with that image, if you have the image up on the screen and we just saw it, look at the image. what will young girls feel? what will young boys feel? i'm looking at and thinking, "hang on a second, we've seen how these sorts of images," and i wasjust second, we've seen how these sorts of images," and i was just talking to one of your producers about this about how celebrities often manipulate their own images — this is obviously a completely digitally generated image, what will this mean in terms of young people on social media wanting to look like that? there's all sorts of questions to ask, but what we do know is it is a multibillion—dollar market. you ask, but what we do know is it is a multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look at — multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look at when _ multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look at when i _ multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look at when i look _ multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look at when i look at - multibillion-dollar market. you know what i look at when i look at that? i what i look at when i look at that? i think, why would i sit here? because she could sit here and read the news without fluffing any of the words, and our opinions would be in keeping with what the format of the programme is because she would be a language model. quite seriously, that's me on my three day week. it could be a zero day week. that's me on my three day week. it l could be a zero day week. laughter thanks a lot! — could be a zero day week. laughter thanks a lot! but _ could be a zero day week. laughter thanks a lot! but i'm _ could be a zero day week. laughter thanks a lot! but i'm saying - could be a zero day week. laughter thanks a lot! but i'm saying in i could be a zero day week. laughter thanks a lot! but i'm saying in the i thanks a lot! but i'm saying in the future, if you've _ thanks a lot! but i'm saying in the future, if you've got _ thanks a lot! but i'm saying in the future, if you've got your - thanks a lot! but i'm saying in the future, if you've got your news i thanks a lot! but i'm saying in the| future, if you've got your news and you don't want to receive your news by a particular individual, but may be a celebrity who signs the rights of way or an ai avatar that you really like, they are moving and speaking, you've got anguish models — you can imagine a world where people would only want to consume their news from that particular model. again, i'm thinking out loud here and being a bit futuristic, and while that's not necessarily a world i want us to live in, you can imaginea i want us to live in, you can imagine a scenario like that. the metaverse is this entire idea of this. i metaverse is this entire idea of this. . ., �* , metaverse is this entire idea of this. �* , ., this. i could've left this “ob and filled in e i this. i could've left this “ob and filled in a pothole, i this. i could've left this “ob and filled in a pothole, one i this. i could've left this job and filled in a pothole, one of i this. i could've left this job and | filled in a pothole, one of these days, now i can't do that, there is a machine wandering around the country and dropping tar into big holes. , w' , country and dropping tar into big holes. , n' , :: :: country and dropping tar into big holes. , , :: :: ., , holes. very quickly, 5400 potholes in london alone, _ holes. very quickly, 5400 potholes in london alone, the _ holes. very quickly, 5400 potholes in london alone, the cost - holes. very quickly, 5400 potholes in london alone, the cost of- holes. very quickly, 5400 potholes in london alone, the cost of all- in london alone, the cost of all highways, there's 9 million potholes in the world, using ai for real—world problems where our vehicles are getting damaged. it's a great story and i recommend people reading it, it's a good look to them. �* , , , ., reading it, it's a good look to them. �*, , , ., ., them. it's been hired in my town for them. it's been hired in my town for the next three _ them. it's been hired in my town for the next three weeks, _ them. it's been hired in my town for the next three weeks, it'll— them. it's been hired in my town for the next three weeks, it'll take i them. it's been hired in my town for the next three weeks, it'll take all l the next three weeks, it'll take all that time on my road. that's it, thank you so much, lovely to see you, extraordinary stories this week. we will do that all again same time next week, hope you'lljoin us for that. news from new york where the mayor, eric adams, one of the stars of the democratic movement, has been from sexual assault. and stop the boats is the mantra here in the uk, but the real story on migration is the number to come legally. net migration now at an all—time high. stay with us, we'll be right back after the break. hello there. we've seen much more sunshine around today, but it feels very different in different parts of the country. our first weather watcher picture was taken in suffolk, and here it feels mild, temperatures around about 14 celsius in the afternoon. in scotland, we're getting more sunshine today. but here, it's actually getting colder through the afternoon — temperatures around eight celsius in perth. and you can see the temperature contrast that we've got north—south across the uk. generally, it's mild across england and wales, with temperatures typically around 13 celsius, but for all of us tomorrow, it is going to be colder, those temperatures are going to be dropping. instead of this westerly wind that most of us are seeing today, we're going to replace it with more of a north or north—westerly wind, and that's going to drag down the colder weather overnight and into tomorrow, the colder air coming in behind that weather front there. and this is where the weather front is this evening. there's not much rain on it at all — that sinks down to the south—west. clear skies follow, and a few showers into scotland, and those will turn wintry even to lower levels. could be quite stormy in shetland as well. frost—wise overnight, it's going to be coldest, i think, in scotland and the far north of england, enough cloud elsewhere to keep those temperatures a few degrees above freezing. the cloud that we've got in northern ireland, wales and the south—west could produce one or two light showers, but should break up, sunshine coming through. most places will be dry and quite sunny. we've still got some showers, mostly of rain in northern scotland and driving down the north sea coasts where the winds are strongest. so, temperatures—wise, we're looking at generally into single figures, but it's going to feel cold where the winds are stronger, so northern and eastern scotland, and all the way down these eastern—most parts of england we've got those strongest of the winds, and so temperatures are going to feel more like 1—3 celsius — quite a shock to the system. as the winds drop overnight, tomorrow night, we're going to get the first widespread frost of the autumn. lowest temperatures will be inland, away from those exposed coasts — numbers could be low as about —5. but for saturday, most places will be dry and sunny. it's not going to be as windy, there won't be as many showers in the northeast and down those north sea coasts. there will be more cloud coming into northern parts of scotland, mind you. temperatures again sitting around 6—7 celsius. it'll feel cold again on sunday, but there will be more cloud around. hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the qataris are "hopeful". their plan is in place, and all being well, the delayed truce will finally begin in gaza, in just ten hours' time. a list of the hostages hamas will release has been sent to the israeli government. at 4pm local time 13 of them will be handed over to the international committee of the red cross. as soon as they're out, israel will release 39 palestinian prisoners they are holding in israeli jails. that process will be repeated over three more days, until 50 hostages are released in exchange for 150 palestinians. and throughout the truce a substantial increase of aid and fuel, will be transferred through the rafah crossing. the first batch of civilians to be released from gaza will be around 4pm of the same day. there will be 13 in number, all women and children and those hostages from the same families will be put together within the same patch. every day will include a number of civilians, as agreed, to total 50 within the four days. the israeli government has been going through the list hamas has supplied and is communicating with those families whose loved ones will be returned tomorrow. but after a further agonising delay today, none of these families will take anything for granted. and then there are the families who have not been contacted.