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 a.i. s impact could be more profound than electricity or even fire. but many worry about what that impact might turn out to be. could a.i. one day replace humans? and if so, how might that happen? we ve already seen some service-based and manufacturing jobs turn to a.i. in a big way. but what about other industries? can a.i. 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 a.i.-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 a.i. version of me. looks like me, sounds like me, and it
hello, everyone. thanks for joining us for another hour of newsroom. i m michael holmes. i appreciate your company. we begin in gaza, as the war between israel and hamas is about to enter its second month. the israeli military says it is carrying out what it calls a significant strike on the territory. an idf spokesperson says a strike was very extensive and targeted hamas infrastructure above and below ground. its soldiers reached gaza s coast, in an effort to cut off the northern part of the enclave. in the meantime, communications are down again in the besieged terr territory. a local operator said there was a complete interrumgs. d gaza faces a third communication blackout. a diplomatic push is under way to prevent a wider conflict in the region. antony blinken landing in turkey. and the leader of the cia is traveling to meet with multiintelligence counterparts and country leaders. for more, let s go to elliot godkin standing by for us in london. bring us up to date on th