The last hour or so. We have seen a couple of charity representatives waiting outside, presumably to help the former prisoners as they are released. We have also seen Family Members starting to gather, and friends of those former prisoners, and we have also seen increased security presence. Shortly, we are told, prisoners should be being released in coming through these gates. Last night they had their very last night in jail before being released but there will be lots of Processing Today including talking to Probation Officers about the conditions and restrictions across their release, including bans on certain areas and curfews. There are concerns that many of them will be released homeless. In fact, 12 of prisoners released in the year to march didnt, and therefore there are more concerns about reoffending rates. But the government does say this is absolutely necessary to help ease the overcrowding in the prison system. I5 overcrowding in the prison s stem. , ~. , overcrowding in t
is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure. you believe our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around as if they did not. the mountain did not care about surviving would not pass on genes. we come for from a long line of creatures that determined to keep going but we have these big brands that is part of our survival mechanism allow us to see the future, to generalise and we are conscious of ourselves as individuals and that means we are conscious of our own death and out of all the billions of creatures on earth, very few creatures have to live with that terrible awareness that all of their efforts will come to nothing safe we look back to human history, we see humanity struggling to make sense of this. some of the earliest archaeological evidence we find of human development is su
hello. welcome to bbc news, if you rejustjoining us, good timing, because we re about to head to washington to hear from the man leading the change to the way we all live. this is sam altman, the ceo and co founder of openai, the people who ve brought us the artificial intelligence tool chatgpt in the last few months, that has the potential, to revolutionise how people work, shop and interact. he s about to be questioned by lawmakers in the us, both about the huge benefits the technology could bring and the threat artificial intelligence could pose for humanity, plus the safeguards that will be needed. in march, elon musk and other tech leaders published an open letter calling for the development of ai systems to be paused. this the scene, all set for the start of that session. it s going to be fascinating. fascinating too is altman himself. those who know him describe him as a brilliant thinker, he s even been called a start up yoda. one of his first employers said, within m
hello, i m sumi somaskanda. us presidentjoe biden has touched down in belfast for the start of his visit to northern ireland and the republic. the four day trip marks the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule. on wednesday, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has t