we're having, as us company openai has released a new type of chatbot, and it's impressing critics with its writing abilities. zoe kleinman has been giving it a try. you don't always know whether you are talking to a human or a computer. pretty obvious if you're hanging out with tesla's optimus here. but sometimes less so when you are relying on typing and texting. a number of tech firms are working on the future of chatbots — an ai platform trained to engage in conversation. and one in particular has gone viral. it is called chatgpt, from the firm openai, and more than a million people have had a play with it since it launched. it gets its wealth of information and styles of writing from the internet. i'm going to let it show you what it can do all by itself. first question: "explain chatgpt in two sentences". "chatgpt is a chatbot trained using the gpt—3 language model. "it uses natural language processing to generate "responses to user input in a conversational manner". not so conversational so far. let's try another

question: "are you alive?" "no, i'm a virtual assistant created by a computer programme. "i do not have consciousness or the ability to feel "emotions like a human. "i exist only to provide information and assist "with tasks within the limitations of my programming". right, here we go. i've come to glasgow university to meet drjeff dalton, a senior lecturer in computing science, to see what he makes of it. i think thatf i were to ask this on an exam, that is probably a low b. dr dalton spent a lot of time running questions through chatgpt. chatgpt is very good at generating natural language. right now it can generate a paragraph, and it can generate a poem. its limits are it can't generate an article. it can't write a phd thesis. it can't write a specialised report. it can't do those things

because it's fundamentally limited in the fact that it doesn't understand what it's talking about. as platforms like chatgpt develop, what more could they be capable of? maybe they'll replace internet search engines. maybe they'll generate content for websites. maybe they could even write reports like this — although i'm not quite sure where that leaves me...hmm. and that's it for the short version of the programme. the full—length show can be found on iplayer. from us, at this gallery in london, we will see you soon. goodbye.

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. this week, was it right for news bulletins to lead on the england—france world cup match when people have died in a massive explosion injersey? and, bbc news is accused of being unfair to the couple at the heart of the harry and meghan documentary series. in the early hours of saturday morning, an explosion destroyed a block of flats onjersey in the channel islands. it was immediately clear there had been fatalities. last saturday was, of course, also the day of the england men's football team world cup knockout clash with france. and that dominated most bulletins both before and after the match.

this was how the news channel began its 4pm summary. morocco are currently 1—0 up against portugal in their quarterfinal match. the winner will face england or france in the semifinals. i'll have the very latest on both those quarterfinals at a world cup that continues to surprise us. in other news, one person has died and a dozen are still missing after a massive explosion in a block of flats in st helier injersey. we'll be hearing from the chief minister and the emergency services later in this hour. several of you got in touch to protest. stephen cox said: dave nash wrote in. heather collins emailed:

and roger turner said: well, we asked bbc news to explain its reasoning, and they sent us this statement. more episodes of the netflix programme harry and meghan were released during the week. we received another flurry of emails asking why the bbc had included mention of it in news programmes.

we reported the reasons for that coverage last week. many of the emails were, like last week, critical of the duke and duchess of sussex, but this week some were supportive, with viewers unhappy with the way bbc news had reported the story. particularly on thursday's news at six. now, his main complaint, and it is a familiar one, is of press intrusion. and this suggestion that there is, what amounts, really, to a conspiracy between the palace and the press. and that, i think, is where credibility is really stretched beyond what is reasonable. consider one of the things that meghan said. "no matter what i did, they were still going to find "a way to destroy me." well, the first point, who is the "they" that she's referring to? i think it is the palace, but most particularly it is to the press. but the idea that anyone was out to destroy her, frankly, i think is absurd and simply does not stand up to proper and reasonable scrutiny.

but they quite obviously are convinced that they were victims. nick witchell, thank you. several viewers thought this wasn't fair reporting. adrian david recorded a video for newswatch. where was the balance? along with nicholas witchell�*s snide remarks about the duke and duchess, it seems to be like a concerted bullying and smear campaign against the pair. impartiality was nonexistent. other viewers sent us emails expressing similar concerns. paul davies said: helen parkes wrote: sharon frater emailed: well, we asked bbc news to provide someone to answer

your concerns, but they sent us this statement instead. do let us know your thoughts on that or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. now for some of your other concerns this week. we received some complaints about bbc breakfast. it's britain's most watched breakfast show, so it's pretty popular. but some viewers were concerned it's heading downmarket and neglecting news. this outside broadcast from a pub in chichester on the day of england's ill—fated world cup match against france was mentioned. so this is walter, but he's also a rather mystic dog —

i'm told by dom — and he's now going to predict the score. so if walter goes for the cheese, that means a french win. if he goes for the yorkshire puddings, it's an england win. england are into the semifinals. so, walter, it's down to you. you're an england fan, of course, even though you're a dog du bordeaux. let's see what walter has to say. come on, yorkshire puddings, please, walter. what if he..? if he doesn't eat any, i guess it's a 0—0 draw. 0h, he's sniffing the french cheese. france on the attack with mbappe. but in comes declan rice. oh, no, it's mbappe! oh, no, the cheese. the cheese. what does walter know, eh? to give walter the dog his due, his match prediction was correct — but linda ottley—brown still wasn't impressed. jon rivers wrote to newswatch.

simon evans said: and mike smith emailed: newswatch asked bbc news for a reply to those comments and received this statement. and for a more detailed response, i am pleased to say that the editor of bbc breakfast, richard frediani, will be my guest on newswatch in the new year.

so keep yourfeedback coming in. now, migration was in the news again this week with four people dying trying to cross the english channel on a small boat on thursday. the day before, the prime minister made a migration announcement in parliament. it was broadcast on the news channel, who pulled out of it, just before the news at one, in this way. our world leading modern regime actually helps the people who are most in need, who are most vulnerable. they're the people that need our support, and that's what our reforms today will deliver... ..rishi sunak outlining a five point plan in the commons there to, he says, end the backlog of asylum seeker claims by the end of next year. gregor clarke messaged the newswatch twitter account to protest that the news channel had shown rishi sunak�*s announcement and sir keir starmer�*s reply, but had cut awayjust as the new westminster leader of the scottish national party, stephen flynn mp, began his

response to the prime minister. well, we put that to bbc news who replied: now last monday brought the sad news that a group of boys had fallen through ice on a lake in solihull in the west midlands. efforts were made by rescuers who waded into the freezing water to pull the boys out. they were taken to hospital where doctors attempted to resuscitate them. the news that some of the boys had died broke whilejoanna gosling was presenting on the bbc news channel. it was clearly as much of a shock to her as everyone else, and she was

overcome with emotion. i have some really sad news to bring you. we're hearing that three boys aged 11, ten and eight have died. ...after being pulled from the icy lake in solihull. so we knew that four children had been rescued... i'm so sorry, this is terrible news, obviously. so those three boys aged eight, ten and ii have died after being pulled from that lake. ray moore clearly sympathised and emailed in with a supportive message forjoanna. finally, something light—hearted to cheer us up at the end of our last programme of the year. a newswatch viewer, fran catherine, has clearly been feeling philosophical. she posted on the newswatch twitter feed:

very true, fran, but we try. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, email newswatch: or you can find us on twitter. you can call us on 0370106676 and do have a look at our website bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage on 6 january. until then, have a merry christmas and a happy new year.

this is bbc world news, i'm david willis. our top stories: the number of state—sanctioned executions in the united states falls to its lowest level for more than three decades. a new report also shows over a third were botched. a deadly wave of russian missile strikes hits multiple targets right across ukraine. at least three people are dead. residential areas and power stations are badly hit. translation: whatever the missile worshippers l from moscow are hoping for, it won't change the balance of power in this war. a rough ride for ramaphosa. the south african president is heckled at the anc�*s party conference, but he is still hoping to be re—elected despite last week's impeachment proceedings.