cars spilling into the river with the worst yet to come. tucker carlson breaking his silence after his dismissal by fox news the nenew findingsgs about a diabetes drug that could be a game changer for weight loss the chananging face e of hollywood how prododuction is s being trtransformed by artificial intelligence and remembering jerry springer, beloved ringmaster of his hit talk show circus announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with breaking news. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that former vice president mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury this afternoon as part of a special counsel investigation into former president trump s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. it s believed pence has direct knowledge of mr. trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election pence s testimony legally pitting him against the man who could very well be a rival for the 2024
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. artificial intelligence, or a.i., is an incredibly powerful technology which may change many aspects of our lives. the ceo of google s parent company, alphabet, which has invested heavily in it, recently said ai s impact could be more profound than electricity or even fire. but many worry about what that impact might turn out to be. could ai one day replace humans? and if so how might that happen? we ve already seen some service-based and manufacturing jobs turn to ai in a big way. but what about other industries? can ai replace journalists or news anchors? perhaps it already has. because what you just saw and heard a moment ago was not actually me. this is me, anderson cooper. and i am an ai-generated anderson cooper. that wasn t my real voice, and i never spoke the words you just heard. we asked a young student in california to create a fully end to end ai version of me. looks like me, sounds like me, and it didn t