tv The Papers BBC News July 25, 2021 10:30pm-11:01pm BST
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are disability consultant and comedy producer, simon minty, and annabel denham, director of communications at the institute of economic affairs. hello to both of you! we will chat in a moment. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the guardian features a picture of britain's first medallist at the tokyo olympics, chelsie giles, and carries a warning from doctors — that increasing numbers of young people with coronavirus are being admitted to hospital, including to intensive care wards. according to the daily mail, up to 50,000 dementia cases
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were missed during lockdown because referrals to memory clinics all but stopped at the start of the covid pandemic. the �*i' says over three—quarters of police officers have had mental health difficulties in the past year. the health secretary, sajid javid, is pictured on the front page of the metro. he's apologised to bereaved families and millions of people at risk because of health issues, after suggesting people should not — as he said — "cower" from coronavirus. and the financial times reports ministers are exploring ways to remove china's state—owned nuclear energy company from all future uk power projects. so that was our quick little look through the front pages. so let's begin... and annabel, i wonder if you could kick off for us with the front of the guardian and this urging for
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young people to get the jab. yes. the guardian and this urging for young people to get the jab. young people to get the “ab. yes. i mean, it young people to get the “ab. yes. i mean. it is — young people to get the “ab. yes. i mean, it is not * young people to get the jab. yes. i mean, it is not altogether - mean, it is not altogether surprising that the young people are making up the bulk of those being hospitalised now because we have vaccinated so many older people in britain now. the vaccination rate has been the highest among the over 70s and among 34% of 18—29 —year—olds in england. that is about 3 million people, who have not been vaccinated at all. now, before we dig at the young or criticise them for not coming forward and for the low uptake, let's not forget that under 30s only became eligible for the covid vaccine injune, so we could have expected a bit of a lag, given they are not the ones who are going to be in all likely either most affected by coronavirus all the ones likely to to get severe symptoms or die from covid, but it will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming weeks and
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months, especially with the government ramping up that rhetoric around mandatory vaccinations for some larger venues and whether we will see that reflected an increase uptake among young people. simon, 'ust before uptake among young people. simon, just before i — uptake among young people. simon, just before i get _ uptake among young people. simon, just before i get your _ uptake among young people. simon, just before i get your thoughts - uptake among young people. simon, just before i get your thoughts on - just before i get your thoughts on this story, just to remind our viewers, when we say young people we are talking about 18—25 —year—olds. yes, a bit younger than me! it must be tricky. _ yes, a bit younger than me! it must be tricky, they have had a week and the measures were lightened, so they could go— the measures were lightened, so they could go back out and start to... i am assuming they are all nightclubbing and all the things that we — nightclubbing and all the things that we see, and of course they are not, that we see, and of course they are not. there — that we see, and of course they are not. there is— that we see, and of course they are not, there is a real range. and i agree _ not, there is a real range. and i agree with _ not, there is a real range. and i agree with annabel, it is not as if they have — agree with annabel, it is not as if they have had a long time to be able to get— they have had a long time to be able to get the _ they have had a long time to be able to get the vaccine, but when you are saying _ to get the vaccine, but when you are saying it _ to get the vaccine, but when you are saying it is _ to get the vaccine, but when you are saying it is six times more likely that this — saying it is six times more likely that this group will get covid than the 50-69 that this group will get covid than the 50—69 —year—olds, i think, so the 50—69 —year—olds, ! think, so they— the 50—69 —year—olds, i think, so they are _ the 50—69 —year—olds, i think, so they are in — the 50—69 —year—olds, i think, so they are in the highest risk group now and — they are in the highest risk group now and i— they are in the highest risk group now and i would think to get their
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vaccine _ now and i would think to get their vaccine or— now and i would think to get their vaccine or get two of them, that means_ vaccine or get two of them, that means that they will be able to carry— means that they will be able to carry on— means that they will be able to carry on and do all the things they do. carry on and do all the things they do now. — carry on and do all the things they do. now, the one line that may be jumping _ do. now, the one line that may be jumping this piece was the fact that those _ jumping this piece was the fact that those people who are young have no other— those people who are young have no other secondary conditions, they are relativeiy— other secondary conditions, they are relatively fit and they are going to icu. relatively fit and they are going to icu~ not— relatively fit and they are going to icu. not all of them, but some of them _ icu. not all of them, but some of them are — icu. not all of them, but some of them are in— icu. not all of them, but some of them are in intensive care and that means— them are in intensive care and that means some of them will die and that is when _ means some of them will die and that is when you _ means some of them will die and that is when you kind of have to think, well, _ is when you kind of have to think, well, it— is when you kind of have to think, well, it seems a bit daft not to get the vaccine — well, it seems a bit daft not to get the vaccine if you can possibly get it. �* ~' the vaccine if you can possibly get it. �* ~ ., ., ,., the vaccine if you can possibly get it. and i think one final point to raise before _ it. and i think one final point to raise before we _ it. and i think one final point to raise before we move _ it. and i think one final point to raise before we move on - it. and i think one final point to raise before we move on from i it. and i think one final point to - raise before we move on from this, there is concern growing because of that eight week window between the first and second vaccines, less than 60% of young people have actually had to jab, that second dose could well clash with the flu and the booster programme. simon, your thoughts on that as we head towards autumn and winter? that thoughts on that as we head towards autumn and winter?— autumn and winter? that sounds a ve bus autumn and winter? that sounds a very busy time- — autumn and winter? that sounds a very busy time- i _ autumn and winter? that sounds a very busy time. i mean, _ autumn and winter? that sounds a very busy time. i mean, the - autumn and winter? that sounds a very busy time. i mean, the nhs l autumn and winter? that sounds a l very busy time. i mean, the nhs are absolutely— very busy time. i mean, the nhs are absolutely flat out or have been doing _ absolutely flat out or have been doing what they have been doing and we have _ doing what they have been doing and we have heard negotiations about pay
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rises _ we have heard negotiations about pay rises this _ we have heard negotiations about pay rises. this sounds huge because there _ rises. this sounds huge because there is— rises. this sounds huge because there is talk about the flu vaccine. there _ there is talk about the flu vaccine. there is— there is talk about the flu vaccine. there is also another group we need to consider— there is also another group we need to consider and these are the... i never— to consider and these are the... i never pronounce it properly, the immunocompromised people, who may not have _ immunocompromised people, who may not have a _ immunocompromised people, who may not have a good system to address them _ not have a good system to address them and — not have a good system to address them and that means there is a third group _ them and that means there is a third group who— them and that means there is a third group who need attention and that is a lot of— group who need attention and that is a lot of people who are going to need _ a lot of people who are going to need a — a lot of people who are going to need a military style roll—out. style roll-out. let's turn to the front page _ style roll-out. let's turn to the front page of — style roll-out. let's turn to the front page of the _ style roll-out. let's turn to the front page of the metro, - style roll-out. let's turn to the i front page of the metro, annabel, and i suppose for many they will have probably picked up the story at some point today, but the metro is going with it for monday. javid, i am sorry, i was wrong. i going with it for monday. javid, i am sorry, i was wrong.— going with it for monday. javid, i am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surrised am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surprised to — am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surprised to hear _ am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surprised to hear or _ am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surprised to hear or see _ am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surprised to hear or see that - am sorry, i was wrong. i was quite surprised to hear or see that this | surprised to hear or see that this story was continuing to run. i thought that it didn't really have legs to be on the cover of a paper tomorrow morning, but, you know, you can understand why the families of victims of vulnerable people or perhaps those who have suffered severe symptoms would be irked by this tweet said it was doubtless
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insensitive, but my feeling is that it was neither, you know, unkind nor malicious, at least the intent behind it wasn't, and he was simply trying to boost uptake of the vaccine among the uk population, which of course is now a third of what once was. this is very troubling indeed and i think the message he was trying to get across is the more people have the vaccine, the quicker that they have the vaccine, the quicker we are going to defeat this virus or at least start to learn to really live with coronavirus. so, as i say, you know, i am quite surprised that the story is still running and i would be surprised if we are talking about it and another 2a hours' time. i and another 24 hours' time. i suppose this is a reminder of the perils of social media, isn't it? simon, since mrjavid has taken on the role of health secretary, there has been a very bullish strategy, perhaps, towards fighting the
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pandemic. do you think this is a lesson tojust calm pandemic. do you think this is a lesson to just calm it down, maybe? you picked up on exactly my thoughts. i agree with annabel and and i_ thoughts. i agree with annabel and and i am _ thoughts. i agree with annabel and and i am amazed it is still running and i am amazed it is still running and is _ and i am amazed it is still running and is is _ and i am amazed it is still running and is is a — and i am amazed it is still running and is is a story in itself, but he has got — and is is a story in itself, but he has got a — and is is a story in itself, but he has got a gung ho attitude and he is coming _ has got a gung ho attitude and he is coming in _ has got a gung ho attitude and he is coming in i — has got a gung ho attitude and he is coming in i want to call him the unmasked _ coming in i want to call him the unmasked sorrow because he is like, we are _ unmasked sorrow because he is like, we are done, — unmasked sorrow because he is like, we are done, we are going to sail through! — we are done, we are going to sail through! that seems very different from matt— through! that seems very different from matt hancock and we can argue about _ from matt hancock and we can argue about the _ from matt hancock and we can argue about the two of them. he could have been smarter with this and i agree that it _ been smarter with this and i agree that it wasn't a deliberate dig, but it was— that it wasn't a deliberate dig, but it was clumsy and you are... when you're— it was clumsy and you are... when you're using — it was clumsy and you are... when you're using things like this, i do think— you're using things like this, i do think i_ you're using things like this, i do think i will— you're using things like this, i do think i will be people out there doing — think i will be people out there doing what they are doing, itjust sort of— doing what they are doing, itjust sort of clashes and doesn't feel comfortable. also, he often refers to his _ comfortable. also, he often refers to his dad — comfortable. also, he often refers to his dad who is a bus driver and i am kind— to his dad who is a bus driver and i am kind of— to his dad who is a bus driver and i am kind of thinking, would he want most _ am kind of thinking, would he want most people do still wear masks on the buses? — most people do still wear masks on the buses? because this is still a close _ the buses? because this is still a close proximity area. so i agree, take _ close proximity area. so i agree, take it _ close proximity area. so i agree, take it down a notch or two. if he
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is saying — take it down a notch or two. if he is saying get the vaccine because that means we will win, that if that is what _ that means we will win, that if that is what he — that means we will win, that if that is what he was trying to say, that is what he was trying to say, that is a very— is what he was trying to say, that is a very different way of raising it. 0k. annabel, let's turn to the front page of the daily mail, victims of the covid dementia disaster. there are so many hidden victims emerging from this pandemic?— are so many hidden victims emerging from this pandemic? there are indeed and at the institute _ from this pandemic? there are indeed and at the institute of _ from this pandemic? there are indeed and at the institute of economic - and at the institute of economic affairs we tend to focus on the toll this is taking on public finances and the economy, but doubtless this has been a disasterfor and the economy, but doubtless this has been a disaster for health and to touch on something you said there it is very interesting how the government has focused on identifiable victims of coronavirus and all the energy and resource has gone towards supporting and ensuring that the measures are in place to deal and treat those who have got coronavirus and of course now we are hearing increasingly about victims in other areas, the number of people who are getting cancer, the referral
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from their gps to a specialist has fallen... you know, the time is increasing. you know, cancer charities fear that we are going to witness the first increase in cancer death rates for decades, and now we have got this around alzheimer's and what is so tragic about it is that this is people who will have remained in the dark about their condition, they haven't been able to get the help that they need and this is a disease where, if you are able to get treatment earlier on, then that can start to mitigate some of the worst side effects of it, so, you know, it is a very unfortunate situation and i fear that we are just going to continue to hear more and more about this. we already know that the nhs backlog is the longest it has been on record, so, you know, what i would like to see if the government making some real meaningful reforms to the nhs to at least try to be any better position as possible to deal with some of the fallout from the coronavirus
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pandemic. fallout from the coronavirus pandemic-— fallout from the coronavirus andemic. ., ,, ., ., , pandemic. yeah, simon, your thoughts on this? and — pandemic. yeah, simon, your thoughts on this? and just _ pandemic. yeah, simon, your thoughts on this? and just reminding _ pandemic. yeah, simon, your thoughts on this? and just reminding also - on this? and just reminding also that dementia... i mean, it is such a unique disease, isn't it? it creeps up on you and you can imagine the diagnosis was also been missed during the pandemic? thea;r the diagnosis was also been missed during the pandemic?— the diagnosis was also been missed during the pandemic? they are saying one in ten new _ during the pandemic? they are saying one in ten new people _ during the pandemic? they are saying one in ten new people will— during the pandemic? they are saying one in ten new people will have - during the pandemic? they are saying one in ten new people will have been | one in ten new people will have been undiagnosed who have got it. i am preparing — undiagnosed who have got it. i am preparing a — undiagnosed who have got it. i am preparing a talk on disability more generally— preparing a talk on disability more generally next week and i put in dementia — generally next week and i put in dementia and i didn't quite know where _ dementia and i didn't quite know where to— dementia and i didn't quite know where to put it, as you say, because it is unique — where to put it, as you say, because it is unique and slightly different. a lot _ it is unique and slightly different. a lot of— it is unique and slightly different. a lot of what i would have covered it has _ a lot of what i would have covered it has already been said. i think there _ it has already been said. i think there is— it has already been said. i think there is something we can pick up on here _ there is something we can pick up on here as _ there is something we can pick up on here as well— there is something we can pick up on here. as well as this nhs backlog, the issues — here. as well as this nhs backlog, the issues around social care, that is something i think we need to start— is something i think we need to start focusing on as well. it has been _ start focusing on as well. it has been two — start focusing on as well. it has been two years since boris johnson said he _ been two years since boris johnson said he would sort out social care. these _ said he would sort out social care. these people with dementia at some point may— these people with dementia at some point may well need some support from social care. we often think it is elderiy— from social care. we often think it is elderly people, but it isn't, there's— is elderly people, but it isn't, there's a _ is elderly people, but it isn't, there's a whole range of people and lots of— there's a whole range of people and lots of young people who have
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different types of disability and have _ different types of disability and have social care support and this is a mess _ have social care support and this is a mess so — have social care support and this is a mess. so we have kind of got a double _ a mess. so we have kind of got a double whammy. the nhs has got to catch up. _ double whammy. the nhs has got to catch up, we have also talked about all these _ catch up, we have also talked about all these injections that might be coming _ all these injections that might be coming up, and then there will be people _ coming up, and then there will be people who need the social care support— people who need the social care support after they have spent time with the _ support after they have spent time with the nhs, so it is a big job, it has a _ with the nhs, so it is a big job, it has a big — with the nhs, so it is a big job, it has a big inbox. find on top of that, annabel, let's just add mental health, particularly the police force. the front page of the tit, police force. the front page of the �*i', this cannot come as a surprise to anyone? 'i', this cannot come as a surprise to anyone?— 'i', this cannot come as a surprise to anyone? no, the latest data we have in the — to anyone? no, the latest data we have in the office _ to anyone? no, the latest data we have in the office of _ to anyone? no, the latest data we have in the office of national - have in the office of national statistics show that the depression rate doubled between december and march of 2020 and we have record numbers of children seeking nhs help last year to deal with problems such as anxiety and depression and eating disorders, and again i think we are going to hear a lot more about this in the coming weeks, months and possibly years. this is going to place increased pressure, of course,
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on the nhs, but what worries me is that a lot of the data we are getting is actually before the third lockdown, deferred and the longest and the darkest and, for most people, i the grimmest lockdown actually that was imposed. so i am very worried about what we're going to hear. . �* . very worried about what we're going to hear. , ~ , ,., . to hear. yes. and this the police, simon, they _ to hear. yes. and this the police, simon. they put _ to hear. yes. and this the police, simon, they put themselves - to hear. yes. and this the police, simon, they put themselves up l to hear. yes. and this the police, | simon, they put themselves up so much risk, don't play? thea;r simon, they put themselves up so much risk, don't play?— simon, they put themselves up so much risk, don't play? they do, this re ort, much risk, don't play? they do, this reort, i much risk, don't play? they do, this report. i don't— much risk, don't play? they do, this report, i don't sense, _ much risk, don't play? they do, this report, i don't sense, is _ report, i don't sense, is particularly through theirjob. you know, _ particularly through theirjob. you know. it _ particularly through theirjob. you know. it is — particularly through theirjob. you know, it is not that they have been in some _ know, it is not that they have been in some sort— know, it is not that they have been in some sort of trauma, they always dealing _ in some sort of trauma, they always dealing in— in some sort of trauma, they always dealing in difficult areas, but this is something like three quarters of officers _ is something like three quarters of officers who were polled out of 12.000 — officers who were polled out of 12,000 said they had had some sort of mental— 12,000 said they had had some sort of mental health difficulties within the last— of mental health difficulties within the last year. now, that does not specifically defined, so i always think— specifically defined, so i always think with mental health difficulties as may be you have had a conversation with your doctor about _ a conversation with your doctor about something. that is not a full diagnosis. — about something. that is not a full diagnosis, it isjust things
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about something. that is not a full diagnosis, it is just things are difficult _ diagnosis, it is just things are difficult. they talked about things like isolation, obviously covid, things— like isolation, obviously covid, things like not being able to go on holiday— things like not being able to go on holiday or— things like not being able to go on holiday or have any breaks. i think sometimes — holiday or have any breaks. i think sometimes the direction they get given— sometimes the direction they get given about managing marches can be very difficult and we think about issues _ very difficult and we think about issues around ethnicity and equality, they have been put in reatiy _ equality, they have been put in really difficult positions, so i can see that — really difficult positions, so i can see that. but i don't think this is unique _ see that. but i don't think this is unique to— see that. but i don't think this is unique to the police. i think the bbc had — unique to the police. i think the bbc had statistics last autumn, saying — bbc had statistics last autumn, saying that younger people up to, say, 24. _ saying that younger people up to, say, 24, and all the people, over 60, say, 24, and all the people, over 60. were — say, 24, and all the people, over 60, were really feeling some of the mental— 60, were really feeling some of the mental health difficulties. what i am thrilled about, back to my day oh am thrilled about, back to my day job again. — am thrilled about, back to my day job again. i— am thrilled about, back to my day job again, i am thrilled we are starting — job again, i am thrilled we are starting to talk about this. i do feel that — starting to talk about this. i do feel that some of the taboo and nervousness around mental health is being _ nervousness around mental health is being relaxed and we can start talking — being relaxed and we can start talking. what i don't think we have quite _ talking. what i don't think we have quite worked out is how to resolve it and _ quite worked out is how to resolve it and in— quite worked out is how to resolve it and in terms of employment how do you make _ it and in terms of employment how do you make adjustments for a police officer. _ you make adjustments for a police officer, who has got mental health difficulties? it's not getting quite tricky~ _
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fantastic question, simon. let's turn to the front page of the financial times, annabel. this article here is talking about obviously protecting the uk's critical infrastructure and national security? critical infrastructure and national securi ? . critical infrastructure and national securi ? , , ., security? yes, it is indeed and, you know, it is — security? yes, it is indeed and, you know. it is a _ security? yes, it is indeed and, you know, it is a really _ security? yes, it is indeed and, you know, it is a really difficult - know, it is a really difficult question, how the best approaches china after the pandemic? you know, i think that historically, at least in recent years, the west has fought that by integrating china into a world economy and encouraging exchange between western and chinese firms and individuals, that they would be beneficial consequences of a noneconomic type, of perhaps in international relations type, that might follow, through market processes we would get more liberty and democracy in china, and i think that the pandemic has reversed, you know, any progress that may have been made. if anything, china is becoming increasingly authoritarian and i think western politicians are
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finding it increasingly difficult to know how to handle that and how to deal with china as potentially a threat. it is going to be difficult, a question that is very difficult to ignore for western leaders in future because of everything that happened at the start of coronavirus. unfortunately, we have one at a time, but we are coming back, you are both back at 11:30pm and simon, we are going to come back to this story and you can pick it up and lead for the next time around, but for now, annabel and simon, thank you very much. i shall see you later! thank you for joining us here on bbc news. i am with you at the top of the hour, but you get us there, here is click.
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as the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different — but exactly how is hard to say. on this week's show, we'll be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. but first, we'll be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. the idea of visual search is nothing new. it's something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. but the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as 0mar mehtab has been finding out. omar: toys, animals, food — no need to type, just take a snap instead, and
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you will get a result, and that's thanks to something called visual search. you must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even snapchat helping you find and buy products online. and there are also more useful applications like aipoly vision, which recognises and describes objects to its visually impaired users. but perhaps the most powerful image recognition tool of all of them is the google lens. it's been around for four years, but now it seems to be having its day, with the company claiming they have over 3 billion users logged every month. and it's actually quite simple to use. first you point your phone at something — like my cat, here, neo. you press search, and then from there, the app asks google assistant what the object is that i'm pointing at. and it gives me an answer! it tells me he's a black cat, and, funnily enough,
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being a black cat, he might actually be good luck. didn't know that. so the lens app itself can translate text in front of you, where to buy a shirt, and it can even help you cheat on your homework. and with google's insanely huge databank, after years of searching and info gathering, the apps computer vision is pretty accurate, with machine learning inbuilt in case the algorithm misses anything. and lens is impressing in other unique ways. so, what i'm gonna do to test this out is take a picture of this view in front of me, zoom in a little bit, get past the trees, and there we go — the london skyline. and a lot is going on here. what lens is doing is it's tapping in to google earth's 3d representation of the planet, it's pinpointing my location, matching the angle, and identifying the skyline from where i am. our mission is like, how do you get closer to how
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people naturally think about asking questions, so that we can answer them as, you know, seamlessly as possible, without the user having to do mental gymnastics of, "now i need to translate it into a way "that the computer can understand?" now, google lens focuses on objects and out of curiosity i thought, "what if i take a picture of my mug?" so, here we go, picture of my face, and it comes up with. . . nothing! at all. it doesn't have facial recognition enabled. but then i wondered...will it ever be a part of it? well, i directly asked google, and they were a bit vague. they never actually mentioned facial recognition at all. now, this doesn't necessarily mean that they'll move into that space. it's an absolute minefield and hugely controversial. but there is a tool already out there that does focus on faces — pimeyes.
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it works similarly to lens, in that after uploading an image, it scans through more than 900 million images from across the net to find matches. and it's pretty accurate. i've never seen that picture of me before. what website is this? the website itself says that it believes you have the right to find yourself on the internet and protect your privacy and image, but it's been slammed by a number of outlets for how it can be dangerously misused — potentially to stalk others and stripping away our privacy. and that's the thing — there are no real restrictions. despite the site saying that it's for searching for yourself, what is actually stopping me from searching for someone else? nothing. what, a couple of t&c and privacy policy boxes? all right, tick, tick, done, and i've got a result. also, i've been able to freely
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buy a membership that allows me to have up to 25 premium searches daily. why would i need that many, if i'm just going to be searching for myself? with their permission, i decided to look up some work colleagues. and it really, really does feel like a stalker�*s dream. that you could take a picture of anyone that you see on the street and, with this tool, find hundreds more online. and that's worrying. now, it doesn't trawl through most social media sites like the controversial clearview ai does, nor is it as powerful, but it can still cause a magnitude of privacy issues. so we reached out to pimeyes about our concerns and they said that it is technically impossible for them to verify the person who is conducting the search as they don't identify people in any way. but this means the lack of any safeguarding means that there could be a lot of issues for other people. what's happening online,
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and in these tools that you can have on your phone, makes the stalking and learning of people's patterns very easy. the people who are hurt by these technologies are not the people who are building them. again, it's facial recognition technology or object recognition technology in general. we just need to think about, are these tools for everyone? visual searching can become the next big way that we interact with the world. but how these tools develop and how they're being used over time is something we should be keeping an eye on. lara: a global hub that's felt the silence of the pandemic. so how do we bring back the buzz? even now, as things open up here in london, the streets may be alive with diners and drinkers, but many office buildings
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are at a fraction of capacity. we often talk about how the pandemic has changed the way that we live and work, but what we don't know is which of these changes are here to stay. so planning for the future and trying to get back to some sort of new normal could be rather challenging. renting and running large office space is costly. and we're yet to know how many people will spend how much time in them. so while we've seen so—called "smart buildings" pop up for some years now, never has the need for flexible space and a safe and efficient flow of people felt more important. this is 22 bishopsgate, a new building that's been designed to house 12,000 staff, and, from the ground up, technology has been built in. in fact, if you're an employee, then you enter the building by using an app. as soon as you walk in, bluetooth beacons
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will recognise you. and if you're a visitor, well, you get sent a qr code. there's a facial recognition option too, no standard reception desk, and even the lifts can know where to take you. and if you'd arrived by the much encouraged method of cycling, the app would have told you where there was a bike space too. and, once you're at work, you can also book a meeting room through the app, and that means when you arrive you don't need to touch anything — you can just walk straight in — and, if you don't turn up on time, it won't be long before it's made available to someone else. and once you enter the room, well, up here is a movement sensor, so it can keep track of the number of people who are in here and exactly where they're standing, so if the air—conditioning needs to be turned up or down, that can happen automatically. there's also an air quality sensor over here. the air in this building, at the moment, is pretty good, but if it does become poorer, then the air holding unit can try and purify it.
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the smart space's platform's ai is still learning, and eventually it should be able to make its own decisions, but right now it does still need a human to make those changes based on the incoming information. the benefits of the smartphone bringing all these systems into a single place, we can then have those actual insights from the data that is generated. for instance, on this floor, if the c02 levels exceed 600ppm, we can then increase the fresh air to this space. so, you haven't had to think about that. so, in an old building, you might be feeling tired — here, that's not going to happen. all of the data that's being collected through people's phones and the sensors in the building is brought together here on what's called the digital twin. and this gives the opportunity to the building manager to be able to make any changes as and when they're needed. so that means that the climate or the lighting can easily be amended, and if you want to zoom in to one spot, you canjust tap on a table, you can make this bigger, or smaller — you can really interact with it pretty well. it's almost like being in there right now.
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then over here, we've got the air quality, and also the energy that's being used in the building. and this is a vital part — there's no point in air conditioning where there are unexpectedly no staff, for instance. but does everyone want to embrace this tech? now, if you're completely resistant to smart phones, there is a facility to get a plastic card, but you will miss out on all the other great things in the app, such as being able to get the offers and discounts in the marketplace, or book the restaurants or any of the facilities. so it's definitely a mobile—first building. what data is it collecting? is it getting the sort of detail of someone moving around the building, or is it not to that level? and then what's done with that data? no, totally, so we don't actually track individuals but we do track anonymised data on where people visit within the building. so that allows us to provide an experience where we can push you an event, so, there's a coffee offer in the mezzanine level, that goes through using the location services that are available on the smartphone. and that's it for the short
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version of the programme. you can find the full length show on the iplayer, and you can keep up with the team on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at @bbcclick. thank you for watching and we'll be back next week. bye— bye. hello there. if you didn't enjoy last week's extreme heat and humidity, the weather story is on the change. but be careful what you wish for — you may not like what you're going to hear because our week ahead is going to be noticeably cooler, but unfortunately, it's going to be accompanied by some pretty heavy, thundery downpours. hopefully some sunny spells of the very best as well. today, not too bad a day. we've got this low pressure drifting up through the north sea. it will bring a little more cloud
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first thing in the morning across eastern scotland and north—ast england. a little bit misty, but generally speaking, it's a fine start with some sunshine coming through. there will be a few scattered showers developing as we go through the afternoon, but not as heavy or as widespread as we saw on sunday and the southeast corner. actually, with more sunshine across parts of england, it could be a warmer day with highs of 26 degrees. showers will start to become more widespread from the west as we go through monday night and into tuesday. tuesday is a messy day with some heavy, thundery downpours and a little bit cooler, particularly in the northwest.
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a top american general warns the taliban they could face us air strikes, unless they stop their military offensive across afghanistan. and we will continue this heightened level of support in the coming weeks if the taliban continue their attacks. we'll hear from our correspondents in kabul and the us. also ahead... the second full day of competition at the tokyo 0lympics throws up some shocks and surprises, and more medal—winning performances. i'm sarah mulkerrins live in tokyo, where day three of the olympics is getting under way with the men's triathlon close to me here in tokyo bay.
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