nearly 12 million voters across the country have already cast their ballots for the critical midterm elections. more than 4 million of those ballots have been turned in throughout florida, california, georgia, and texas. the candidates are facing off in some of the final debates of the campaign season after the highly anticipated showdown in pennsylvania. john fetterman released a new ad criticizing mehmet oz s response to abortion. oz barely mentioned the debate during a gcampaign event in the last hour and says he focused largely on crime. in a race to control congress, both sides are narrowing to the most competitive races. new money is being injected from both sides as well, a sign of just how high the stakes are in these midterms. our cnn editor joins us now. where do things stand for the battle for the control of the bo what we re looking at. let s go to the map broadly. i m going to write on this. there are 35 seats up. 21 of those are republican. 14 are democrat. fu
Questions being asked at this weeks Global Ai Safety Summit in south korea. The second of its kind, it is co hosted with britain after the inaugural event in november last year at Bletchley Park near london. Francine bennett is interim director at the Ada Lovelace Institute an independent Research Institute specialising in al and is in south korea for this summit. A very warm welcome to the programme. So first of all, what will be achieved in seoul, do you think . Do you think . Well, thats a aood do you think . Well, thats a good question. Do you think . Well, thats a good question. I do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what| do you think . Well, thats a good question. I hope what will be achieved in seoul is moving on from the conversation from the Bletchley Summit Last year. So we had some really good initial conversations there, and i think what wasnt to see is shaping the development of this, potentially very new te
Microsoft is hoping its new ai checks will help kick start a new era of pc sales. Sticking with al a global summit on Artificial Intelligence kicks off in south Koreas Capital of seoul on tuesday, focusing largely on al safety. This follows an inaugural meeting held in the uk last november. I spoke to Industry Expert wei sun about her expectations from this summit, but started off by asking her if she thinks microsofts new pcs will be a gamechangerfor the industry. I think its a big moment for not only microsoft and the pc industry, but also shows the ambition and capability of incorporating the ai pc, so everyone can have it anywhere. It is a big change. Return back to the summit, what will be the main focus of these meetings in south korea . I think the government and the countries will need to collaborate on consensus on al framework, especially for legal frameworks. So everyone can collaborate better. Also, you mentioned microsoft, last week about google and openai. How transparent
Its also more climate friendly. Microsoft is hoping its new ai checks will help kick start a new era of pc sales. Sticking with al a global summit on Artificial Intelligence kicks off in south Koreas Capital of seoul on tuesday, focusing largely on al safety. This follows an inaugural meeting held in the uk last november. I spoke to Industry Expert wei sun about her expectations from this summit, but started off by asking if she thinks microsofts new pcs will be a game changer. I think its a big moment for not only microsoft and the pc industry, but also shows the ambition and capability of incorporating the ai pc, so everyone can have it anywhere. It is a big change. Return back to the summit, what will be the main focus of these meetings in south korea . I think the government and the countries will need to collaborate on consensus on al framework, especially for legal frameworks. So everyone can collaborate better. Also, you mentioned microsoft, last week about google and openai. Ho
To develop ai systems responsibly. They include google, amazon, meta, microsoft and openai. Joining us now is Bbc Technology journalist chris vallance, whos in our edinburgh studio. Tell us a bit more about this agreement . The summit is a follow up to the summit in november at Bletchley Park, and its aim essentially is to continue that work. It is a two day summit, the start of it virtually attended by Prime Minister rishi sunak and his south korean counterpart. The second day brings together digital ministers, and they will look at a range of issues including things like the Environmental Impact of ai, issues of bias, the impact onjobs, which is interesting because the focus on the Bletchley Park summit was the catastrophic scenarios. Those particular items on the agenda much more here and now concerns. Broadly, thatis more here and now concerns. Broadly, that is what the summit is hoping to achieve. There was talk about it possibly being lacklustre and so much surprise when this mor