conversational chatbot, gpt—lm, that can be sarcastic and flirt, to google�*s ai—powered assistant that can even help find your lost glasses. and now microsoft has revealed its latest offering — more on that in a moment. but amid such rapid change, should we be more cautious? eu member states have approved a law to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. the legislation which, the eu says, is first of its kind in the world, bans some uses of ai such as the police use of applications to profile people by race, religion or sexual orientation. it also aims to tighten rules for other uses, according to risk posed. at the global ai safety summit in south korea, a number of ai companies have signed an undertaking

to develop ai systems responsibly. they include google, amazon, meta, microsoft and openai. joining us now is bbc technology journalist chris vallance, who's 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 morning we get this announcement of 16 firms coming together with this agreement to check out their systems and to have red lines, where if they think frontier system is approaching something seriously risky, taking action including potentially stopping development. it is action including potentially stopping development. it is always that issue about _ stopping development. it is always that issue about having _ stopping development. it is always that issue about having that - stopping development. it is always. that issue about having that balance between regulation and not stifling innovation, and we've seen some of those new initiatives launched by google, openai and now microsoft. they really are pushing the forefront of what ai can do, but there is that caution in the background of do we wanted and cannot change things in a way we don't like? i cannot change things in a way we don't like?— don't like? i think there are quite a few peeple _

don't like? i think there are quite a few people who _ don't like? i think there are quite a few people who look _ don't like? i think there are quite a few people who look at - don't like? i think there are quite a few people who look at those i a few people who look at those presentations and go, hang on a minute, that is myjob. in a sense they were talking about things summarising meetings, these were advanced prototypes that could be attending meetings across a range on one day. we have seen eye—catching stuff as well. the openai assistant, that has caused trouble because one of the voices sounded remarkably like scholarjohansson, they've had to roll back. we have seen devices that can quite clearly engaged —— scarlet. they can recognise objects in the world, and edging closer to the things we do as people. it is the things we do as people. it is fascinating _ the things we do as people. it is fascinating to _ the things we do as people. it is fascinating to see. _ the things we do as people. it is fascinating to see. i _ the things we do as people. it is fascinating to see. i know you will keep a close eye on it. thank you. staying with al, and microsoft has unveiled a new range of pcs with generative ai capabilities built directly into its windows operating system.

our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, has all the details. the future of the pc may be here. microsoft announced new conversational artificial intelligence features for windows pcs and a line of surface tablet computers. one of the features dubbed recall is designed to help you find anything that you viewed on your pc in the past. recall helps you instantly find anything you've ever seen on your pc before, all using natural language to simply describe those clues that you remember. there's also a live translation of 44 languages into english and something for creative types. for example, as you draw in microsoft paint, ai generates an image based on your sketch. now, these tools are all powered with new ai chips from qualcomm to deliver longer battery life. and all of this matters because today most ai software runs in the cloud, which uses a lot of energy. being able to work on the device thanks to more processing power.

well, that not only improves data security, it's also more climate—friendly. microsoft is betting its new ai tricks will help kick start a new era of pc sales. the uk "is approaching a soft landing" after last year's mild recession, but could face a £30 billion hole in the public finances, according to the international monetary fund's health check of the british economy. the imf upgraded growth forecasts for this year from 0.5% to 0.7%, but pointed to "difficult choices" on tax and spending in the next parliament. the report warns against tax cuts while the uk faces what it calls a "medium—term fiscal challenge". the imf said it "would have recommended against the national insurance cuts, given their significant cost." joining us now is suren thiru, economics director at the institute of chartered accountants

in england and wales. good to have you. what does this report tells? we have emerge from the shadow recession, we thought it would happen, but is there anything new in this report from the imf? there are two big things, the first one suggests we have turned a corner from the session but inflation falling sharply. that is the good news. the report also shows some structure issues in the uk, such as age population, poor productivity and getting people back into the work will hamper the growth prospects if not addressed. an prospects if not addressed. an interesting line that struck me was pointing to difficult choices on tax and spending in the next parliament, and spending in the next parliament, and dave as the polls lead us to believe we have a new government, does that limit that, tie the hands in what they can do when it comes to

tax and spending policy? it is in what they can do when it comes to tax and spending policy?— tax and spending policy? it is a challenging _ tax and spending policy? it is a challenging state, _ tax and spending policy? it is a challenging state, and - tax and spending policy? it is a challenging state, and for- tax and spending policy? it is a challenging state, and for a - tax and spending policy? it is a - challenging state, and for a number of reasons. the question for any future government is that they need to be clear about the challenging choices they need to make about taxes and spending, investing in public services, the tax burden. how you balance the choices is critical because there will be real challenges facing the uk economy. if they aren't addressed, getting people into work, that is a challenge to continue growing, as we have seen recently. find challenge to continue growing, as we have seen recently.— challenge to continue growing, as we have seen recently. and also when we look at the state _ have seen recently. and also when we look at the state of _ have seen recently. and also when we look at the state of the _ have seen recently. and also when we look at the state of the economy - look at the state of the economy now, there's so much in play given that inflation heading in the right direction. questions on interest rates, whether they will come down. that could put more money in people's pocket and boost the economy, but it takes time. i guess if you are starting downing street you want it to happen sooner rather

than later. ~ . , , ~ than later. what is striking in the imf than later. what is striking in the nf report _ than later. what is striking in the nf report is _ than later. what is striking in the imf report is while _ than later. what is striking in the imf report is while they - than later. what is striking in the imf report is while they do - than later. what is striking in the | imf report is while they do expect inflation to fall back to targets, they say they expected to drift upwards this year. that makes it tricky for the bank of england to cut interest rates. the story might get more tricky as we move forward this year. get more tricky as we move forward this ear. ., , ., ., ,, ., this year. really good to talk to ou. this year. really good to talk to yon thank _ this year. really good to talk to you- thank you _ this year. really good to talk to you. thank you very _ this year. really good to talk to you. thank you very much. - lawyers at carmakers bmw, jaguar land rover and volkswagen will be pretty busy right now. in the us, the three car giants have been found to have used components from a chinese supplier banned in america, over alleged forced labour ties — that's according to a us congressional investigation. monica miller has the details from our asia business hub. the head of the us senate finance committee says auto—makers are sticking their heads in the sand and then swearing they can't find any forced labour in their supply chains. now, part of their investigation found at least 8,000 bmw mini cooper

cars were imported into the us with components made by the banned chinese firm jwd. now, this company was added to a us entity list back in 2023, which means its products are presumed to be made by using forced labour. now, this report also found that jaguar land rover had imported spare parts, which included components that were made by jwd after the company was put on this banned list. however, it also says that the car—maker is destroying any stock it holds around the world that includes these parts. also, back in february, vw said that thousands of its vehicles, including porsches and bentleys, had been held by authorities because they had a component in them that breached america's anti—forced—labour laws. vw has voluntarily informed customers, customs officials, rather, about the issue. now, these three car—makers did not immediately respond to requests for comments from the bbc.

in other news... the drug maker glaxosmithkline has been sued by an independent lab in connecticut that accused gsk of defrauding the us government by concealing cancer risks in zantac, once a common heartburn drug. in a whistle—blower complaint, filed on monday, valisure said gsk violated the federal false claims act by hiding the risks for nearly four decades. in a statement, gsk said it will defend against what it called a "meritless lawsuit". singapore airlines says that one passenger onboard a flight from london died and several others were injured when the plane encountered severe turbulence. the flight, which was bound for singapore, was forced to make an emergency landing in bangkok. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head is on the line.

bring us up—to—date on what we know so far. we bring us up-to-date on what we know so far. ~ ~' ., bring us up-to-date on what we know so far. ~ ~ ., , ., ., so far. we know the plane landed about two hours _ so far. we know the plane landed about two hours ago _ so far. we know the plane landed about two hours ago in _ so far. we know the plane landed about two hours ago in bangkok. | so far. we know the plane landed | about two hours ago in bangkok. it is at the airport now. there were a lot of ambulances sent in to deal with those who had been injured. everyone on board who was hurt they are off the plane and all those injured will be treated. we have had confirmed one fatality. there were 211 passengers and 18 crew members, a boeing 777 on a normalflight, from london to singapore. the turbulence was busily unexpected. i presume it must have occurred somewhere, we don't know where, but not too far from bangkok because that was the first airport they were able to land that in order to deal with the injured. as things stand, we are waiting for more details on the state of the passengers injured.

possibly more detail about what happened. as for as we know from report, this was unexpected, very sudden severe turbulence affects any aircraft. those passengers injured, it is likely they were not wearing seat belts, but often the case. jonathan, really good to have you, we will speak there that when we get more details. you up—to—date, that is your business today. goodbye.

hello, from the bbc sport centre. i'm betty glover. burnley manager vincent kompany has emerged as a surprise candidate for the bayern munich job. bayern have struggled to find a replacement for thomas tuchel, whose exit was confirmed last week after initially being announced in february. kompany, who led burnley to the premier league last season, wasn't able to keep them up this year despite high expectations.

he of course spent time in the bundesliga as a player at hamburg, so knows the league well and speaks german. now the news australia didn't want to hear — it's been confirmed that the matildas will definitely be without their star striker sam kerr for the paris 0lympics, in just over two months�* time. she's recovering from an anterior curciate ligament injury, which she got during chelsea's training camp injanuary. kerr is australia's all—time record goal—scorer. she's one of several key matildas players sidelined by injury. meanwhile, bbc sport understands that chelsea are set to announce lyon boss sonia bompastor as their new manager after the champions league final this weekend. the 43—year—old is lined up to replace emma hayes — but is aiming to bow out at lyon on a high, as they're going for their ninth champions league title against barcelona on saturday. an announcement is expected after the showpiece event, and bompastor�*s assistant manager, camille abily, will also join her in west london.

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