we ve been talking a lot about artificial intelligence today because dr geoffrey hinton, the man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google, warning of the dangers of ai. he s worried that al technology will flood the internet with misinformation. well, to look at some of the applications of ai in a bit more detail, courtney bembridge joins us from the newsroom. there are so many ways that al is set to change our lives. i wanted to have a look at some of the other applications. this piece in the guardian talking about noninvasive mind reading, turning our thoughts into text, it is designed to restore speech in those struggling to communicate after stroker motor neurone disease. sticking with medicine, this example, talking about chat gpt s bedside manner, saying it was better than many doctors, more empathetic and give better advice, although i m not sure many doctors would agree with that assessment. we got this from another tech web
currently sheltering in an underground bunker, said the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from moscow. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified, but the kremlin says that overnight, two drones targeted the residence of the president. moscow blames ukraine, but says that no one was injured. on russian state tv, a dramatic start to this talk show. the presenter announces breaking news. there
room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a $10.6 billion deal brokered by regulators. they seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the weekend. the failure of the bank is the second largest in us history, and the third in the country since march. samira hussain has more. as of mond
about credit conditions. major us stock indexes fell more than 1% each on tuesday. shares in several regional banks in the us have dropped sharply, as investors fear the banking crisis is not over. another area of concern is the labour market, which, while still strong, is showing signs of cooling. so what will america s central bank do and say? the bbc s michelle fleury reports from westchester, new york. losing momentum after nine rate hikes in the past year. the federal reserve s efforts to cool the us economy are having an effect. this is a chain that you ll see on like roller shades and vertical blinds. something bill, who runs a family owned manufacturing business in westchester, new york, is seeing first hand. right now, we re expecting some softness in the marketplace for probably six months or so. we re seeing a lot of softness in the marketplace as far as demand, the commitment in terms of like long term blanket orders with customers. we re not seeing that either ri