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this is bbc news. the headlines: in turkey, voters head to the polls for the final round of the presidential election. russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on keith overnight, meanwhile, officials say it appears to have been the largest attack on the ukrainian capital since the start of the war. ukraine says 52 out of 5a rooms aimed at the capitol was shot down. britain's government is discussing plans for supermarket shops to cap the prices of basic food items to tackle the cost of living crisis. and, the white house and us republicans have reached an agreement in principle, to raise the government debt limit and avoid a
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default. the president called the deal an important step forward while the white house and the house speaker, kevin mccarthy, said there will be historic reductions in spending. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week, how robots are helping the british army stay safe in hostile environments. it's not only about going into a building knowing that there's going to be enemy threat inside there. it's what else is in there as well. lara puts chatgpt through its paces.
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no time to stop between the super sets. although i do need to quickly look at my phone. we look at how ai is helping doctors diagnose neurological diseases, and we meet an inspiring sportswoman who's using tech to help her stay at the top of her game. i can put the glasses on and obviously watch training as normal, but as my coach is speaking, obviously i get live captions as well. rigorous training to hone modern soldier skills is essential, as at any time they can be thrown into the heart of a war zone or humanitarian crisis. yes, so we have been to meet the soldiers of 16 air assault brigade to see how technology is helping to train troops. for these soldiers from second battalion, the parachute regiment. anything could be waiting behind this door. i've always wanted to join the army,
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ever since i can remember. there was nothing else that i really wanted to do. experience in places like iraq and afghanistan has taught the british army that entering a building in a conflict zone can be extremely dangerous. i know i've got great faith - in my team because we're all highly—trained professionals. i'm basically trusting the man- in front of me and the man behind me to do a job at a very high level. colchester in essex is home to the elite 16 air assault brigade, the british army's global response force, specially trained and equipped to deploy by parachute helicopter and air landing, ready to be sent anywhere in the world at a moment's notice and able to perform a wide variety of roles from war fighting. to providing humanitarian assistance. as a result, the troops here, like the soldiers of two para, are constantly training. british military training adapts to new threats all of the time.
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this might look like a mannequin that's been repurposed as a target, but this target shoots back. this is 16 air assault�*s new urban training facility. you don't know who indeed is in inside those urban areas, whether it be an enemy threat, whether it be a different act or whether it be civilian. so you need to be aware of all different eventualities. it integrates a host of technologies, including cameras, sensors, and speakers which monitor and create environments designed to prepare these paratroopers for real—world operations. this facility provides the integration of improvised ied explosions, different noises, dogs barking. it provides all of this realism that the soldiers would face in an urban environment on operations. so it's not only about going
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into a building knowing that there's going to be enemy threat inside there. it's what else is in there as well. this is called a figure 11 target. it's made of paper and wood, and it's been used by the army to hone soldiers�* marksmanship skills for decades called simstriker, this sensor laden smart target aims to crank up the pressure on troops that it comes up against, notjust by shooting back with small plastic bbs. it also simulates as much of the real world experience as possible, even including shouting and alerting the rest of its robotic team in different rooms to the threat posed by human troops training against it. its target is programmed to be able to detect noise and also detect movement. so when the individuals are moving into rooms, whether they're opening doors, if these targets hear anything like that, they become alert.
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when these targets are then alert, they will then speak to each other. when you are then coming into a room, they're already preprogrammed to know the likelihood of the entrance that you're going to come inside. and as soon as they detect that movement, they will then start to engage towards your direction. it does make the individuals going through the facility... make them think about their skills, their drills, their positioning, the fact that they can't just walk into a room. they have to consider that before going in. otherwise they will be engaged. if troops are preparing for a deployment to a specific location, the sights, sounds and even smells that they might find on the ground can be recreated inside this space. all of the walls are modular and can be reconfigured and moved around to create a wide variety of different environments. instructors debriefed the soldiers in a nearby control room,
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analysing their performance and data on the accuracy of their shots, all captured by cameras and sensors in the sim all captured by cameras and sensors in the simstriker and the training facility. sim simstriker and this training centre, which is called a smart facility. other work of uk company for ghd founded by military veterans, the tech they've designed has been informed by their own experience in the field. the physical aspect of this activity sets it apart from purely tech—based training. tech—based training solutions like virtual reality simulators really recognise solutions like virtual reality simulators. we really recognise that virtuality offers huge potential when it comes to training, delivery and exposure, but it's got to be applied properly. having people in headsets with gaming controllers, whilst it can be good for some things we don't think is actually representative of the soldier training in a physicalfacility to change a magazine, for example. it's still a very dexterous skill that requires lots of practice.
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where we're taking it is being able to blend the virtual world and blend the physical world. so because we collect data inside of our facilities, we can use that data to provide a real—time virtual picture of everything that's happening inside of that facility. from that, we can start to introduce assets like drones, for instance. so it's bringing virtuality into the physical world, i suppose, is what we would do with it. but, how do the soldiers themselves feel about being troops trained with the help of all of this tech? as a team leader has a lot to think about, a lot of options as you go through. you've got a lot to consider with the layout. the best place to put your troops, not to put them at more risk. puts you on more of the perspective ithat there's going to be somethingl firing back at you when you open that door. i it's a good bit of kit because it allows us to perform ourjobsl at a higher level. this sort of kit looks set to become a bigger part of military training. the company has a deal with the us army and is preparing to roll out more training facilities like this
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one with the british army as well for the military and training and in real world operations. and in real world operations, one thing is certain: recent events prove preparation is crucial because you never know what threat could be around the next corner. now, onto the topic of ai and what of your ai adventures been this week? if i'm honest, my social media feed these days seems to be just full of exciting new business opportunities opened up by chatgpt and i'm worried it's getting a little overhyped. well, i've taken al to the place that i love the most and hate the most at the same time. the gym. if we're to believe the hype then ai chatbot chatgpt can write just about anything, so i've tasked it with making me an exercise plan, pitching it up against an actual work—out app. both use al to determine what best exercises i should do given my height, weight,
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goals and injuries. the difference is that chatgpt is free and works based on the likelihood of what word should follow another. so, i wonder if what it creates will be any good. first up, the app. another round's a.i created regime is tweaked by a personal trainer, and there are videos to show you what to do. it will cost you 65 quid a month though. and chatgpt this comes out with a similar start and chatgpt: this comes out with a similar start first 10 minutes. well a bit of a lightjog, some dynamic stretching for my arms. then i'm going to do a plank, a glute bridge, a bird dog, a side plank, some squats. looks like a fairly similar work—out. so let's give them a go. this is pretty similar to the sort of workout that i do by myself. of course, neither of these methods actually have a trainer with you whilst you're doing the exercise.
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so, you have got to just make sure you do it properly. both the app and the chatgpt version do focus on safety. right. what's next? dumbbell front rack squat. elbows, underweight, leant against upper chest feet a bit wider than shoulders, toes slightly pointed out. the video, of course, helps. quick look at the video. let me see if i can do that, he's going very low. i wouldn't have thought i needed to do that based on the text. so it's a good job. so it's a good job there's a video. the first thing that comes to my attention during the chat gpt work—out is that i have a whole list of exercises, most of which can just be done here on the mat. of course, the system doesn't know what equipment i've got access to, and if i don't know how to do any of those exercises, well, i'm going to have to search for videos online.
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and the very first one is a plank that i need to do for 30 seconds, then rest for 15 seconds. so, i do need to set a timer. so, what does a human personal trainer make of it? they're both decent workouts. however, the one, this one, it does have a little bit more just ab and lower body based, whereas this one you're going to get your upper body, you've got lower body and you've got pas your upper body, you've got lower body and you've got your resistance in there as well. whereas this one, it's just body weight. how about the issue of making sure you're doing things properly? i think the videos and the explanations are really important because it's so easy to do something a little bit wrong and you're hitting the wrong muscle then.
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you don't think that people are going to be put off seeing a personal trainer from this kind of experience? with chatgpt, i mean, you're not getting the full experience, you're not getting what you need or what you want out of that all. well, that's my double work—out done. thankfully, i was actually pretty surprised by how good chatgpt was. as somebody who works out regularly, itjust gave me some ideas of something different to do. i did need to use my initiative to add in some weights if i wanted to, but it did make me think about safety. the other app, though, gave me a proper work—out. i felt like i was pushed to my limit. obviously you've got to pay to sign up to it. so there is a course and it is a different experience. chatgpt probably won't ever give me the same work—out twice, which in some ways is good, but who knows? i could have got it to generate something that i really wouldn't have enjoyed. it did feel like it was a bit more of a gamble. all in all, i feel like i've done two workouts. 0k. time for a look at this week's tech news now.
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and meta has been fined ei.2 billion and given five months to suspend its data flows between the eu and us. regulators said the firm mishandled people's data while sending it to the us. meta says it will appeal the ruling. ultimately, whether meta changes or not is up to meta. you know, that's the thing. this fine is minuscule compared to what it could be. when it starts getting percentages of revenue, that's when big companies will start toeing the line. the royal hospital for children in glasgow is trialling an augmented reality app that will give families of children with a cleft lip and palate an insight into surgeries. the app uses sd visuals created by glasgow school of art to show parents what will happen to their baby during the procedure. microsoft is introducing a personal artificial intelligence assistant to windows 11, the latest version of its operating system. windows copilot will live in the windows side bar and let users summarise files, get quick answers to questions and access settings. and whatsapp has announced an editing feature allowing users to alter messages up to 15 minutes after they've been sent previously. the only way to correct some messaging mishap was to delete it and send a new one. i know that one all too well. the matter owned platform says it will be available to all users in the coming weeks.
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overi billion people worldwide suffer from some sort of central nervous system disease. it's the number one factor for disability around the world. and yet, around one in five are misdiagnosed. the financial toll or burden in the united states alone is more than, i believe, $800 billion a year on economy. and so as life expectancy grows and people live longer, you're going to see more and more of this. this is an absolutely huge problem, a problem that neurology this is an absolutely huge problem, a problem. a problem this company is trying to solve. the start up has created an artificially intelligent tool that it says could help understand and track the progression of alzheimer's, parkinson's, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis much better than traditional methods. both my grandparents died with alzheimer, so for me, this is a very meaningful voyage
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and mission to transform the lives of people and their families who suffer from these terrible neurodegenerative diseases. it's system uses a computer with a webcam and that's it. we use standard video and enhance it with software to basically compensate for low frame rate and other limitations of standard video and create a signature of both the disease and its progression. it looks at how the eyes behave when shown specific stimuli and measures their characteristics over time. the goal: to precisely chart and ultimately diagnose disease much sooner than it is today, from years down to months. and i'm having a go of their demo test. first task. follow the red dot. you'll see itjumping on the screen. and your task is simply to follow it. 0k. what we're actually measuring is the response time and the ability of your brain to calculate ahead of time where it needs to reach at the end. right.
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by digitally mapping the position of my face and features, it's able to precisely track my eyes�* micro—movements without the need to restrain my head in a fixed position. you're going to follow the dot in the other direction? no. the test is designed to be quick and painless and accessible for people, even in remote parts of the world. but the company is some way from fda approval. it's looking for partners to validate its technology. how do you know that this... that this works? yeah. so there are over 750 papers published in the last 20 to 25 years showing that there are deep correlations between ocular markers and the progression of these diseases. we have four trials that are ongoing now. all results that we have coming in specifically from parkinson's and als are kind of mind—boggling. not only are we able to to differentiate between healthy and sick patients, but actually monitor and model the progression of the disease showing different variants of the disease.
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whilst those trials are ongoing, my results are in. let's hope for the best. 187 is like 100 milliseconds below the average and seven out of seven. so i don't even have to pat you on the shoulder and say, don't worry, you're actually really good. eye tracking is just one technology being used to understand neurodegenerative diseases, video games and even vr experiences are all playing a part in helping diagnose the condition. so the symptoms for diseases like alzheimer's disease are really, really broad, that it can affect things like how you're walking your memory, your speech, your navigation, and it's different for everybody. so that makes it a real challenge and it's really difficult to get really objective measure of how people are doing over time. alzheimer's research uk's early detection of neurodegenerative diseases.
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of neurodegenerative diseases, eden project, uses wearables and other technologies. the question is whether technology can actually help us to become more objective about what we're seeing and sort of improve the sensitivity with which we're measuring things. it's a question which could be answered in the not too distant future. now, for many people around the world, subtitles are vital. you might be using them on screen right now, but the problem right now. but the problem is that most of the time there isn't a screen in front of us. well, actually, there is quite a lot of the time. but for people that are deaf or hard of hearing sometimes when they're trying to follow a conversation, it can be challenging. but, there are ways to get subtitles when you're out and about. for example, a new app called xrai glass can provide them and importantly, put them right in front of your eyes using a pair of smart glasses. so, we've asked one woman who's also an elite rugby player, to put them to the test. my name isjodie ounsley. i'm 22 years old, a professional
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rugby player for exeter chiefs. i was born premature and i became ill quite quickly. and then we soon discovered that i was profoundly deaf. the only information was given was that she probably won't speak. she'll struggle in education. herjob prospects will be bleak. of course, we now know that none of that is true. when i was 13 months old, i had a cochlear implant fitted on the right side. it's no cure. it's not normal hearing. itjust allows me to hear some sounds and mostly lip read. as i grew up, i learnt more about my deafness and obviously going through school, that's when i sort of faced challenges and struggled a little bit more. and then i discovered rugby when i was around 15. i actually wanted to give it a go when my younger brother started, but then my parents wouldn't allow me to play it due to potential risks
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of my cochlear implant. one being the processor, which is electrical device on the ear that can break. but the bigger risk is, you know, the implant in the head which is in the skull and, you know, a really bad impact could potentially dislodge that. i thought, well, she shall have one session. _ and that will be out of the system. so we came down here to the rugby club she was too nervous to get out of the car. i was personally more worried about what if i miss things on the pitch? what if the coaches don't really understand that? and therefore, what if the players don't really know how to react? after some encouragement, she came out at a session, went really well. couple of years later, here i am, you know, being a professional player.
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not exeter chiefs. for exeter chiefs. we have a whole range of different players from all over the world and there's one player called tricky who has a very thick irish accent. and even, you know, me and my team mates struggle to understand sometimes, never mind the deaf person. and there were one time i was just having a conversation and we were making a joke saying, oh, if only you add live captions to so that we could understand what you were saying. and i kid you not. literally a couple of days later, scrolling through my phone on instagram and then the xrai glass came up and i saw a reaction video and i couldn't believe it. i messaged tricky, i was like, can you believe this is actually subtitled glasses? it was quite surreal. you get through your life and it's a struggle on a daily basis, but you just crack on. so to have these glasses where i'm speaking so on and not having to solely concentrate on lip reading, i was able to almost relax a little bit more and just see the subtitles come above me. there's lots of different functions, but the one i mainly use
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is obviously the live captions. so what's it been like now watching me play a professional rugby? exciting. it's been a roller—coasterjourney. really proud of what you've done in such a short space of time and i think you have a lot to do yet as well. how did it feel? seeing me wear the xrai glass for the first time. first time we tried... we were quite emotional really, because, you know, potentially it's a life changing piece of tech for you to use. and in your spots, out of things, fine margins is a big issue. so if it canjust give you that edge in understanding analysis, it's going to be a real benefit to. we have a software that uploads the training footage, our game footage, and then our coaching team will do like a voiceover. obviously you can't see the face, so you just hear the voiceover whilst watching training back. so there's a couple of really good single shots here from both- nash and pops. in terms of getting your feet in close, your tackle height.
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in really positive and a good solid shoulder shot with a good wrap. i so that's quite difficult for me to pick up sound without being able to lip read. so i feel like i'm focusing more on trying to listen to what my coach is saying rather than focusing on the footage. but obviously with the xrai glass, i can put the glasses on and obviously watch training as normal. but as my coaches speak i obviously i get live captions as well, that might sound so simple and so little, but that's like a massive thing for me because then obviously i can focus on the rugby and not focus on what i'm missing. i think people think that you have to do drastic things to make it easier for notjust deaf people, but anyone with a disability. it's just little tweaks and just that openness and honesty. and yeah, my team—mates have just been brilliant and supportive really. it's so exciting to even see xrai glasses, to see where it is now.
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they're pretty much at the start of the journey and it's already amazing. so to even think about where it could be in a couple of years�* time, it�*s quite scary but also really exciting to think about. how brilliant is that? now, the xrai glass app is only available on android at the moment. the iphone version is coming soon. and some exciting news aboutjodie. it�*s just been announced that she�*s going to be starring in the bbc�*s gladiators series. she�*s going to be called fury. wouldn�*t have argued with her before i knew that, i won�*t be arguing with her now. thanks for watching. we�*ll see you soon. bye bye. hello, there. let�*s take a look at the weather for the week ahead. high pressure remains dominant as we head through next week so for the foreseeable future,
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it is certainly looking dry and settled, there could start to be a few changes by next weekend but for the rest of this bank holiday weekend, it is set to stay dry for the vast majority of us. there will also be some warm spells of sunshine, the cloud and the sunshine amounts will vary day on day. high pressure out towards the west on sunday and there is a very weak cold frontjust sinking southwards across england throughout the day, introducing cloudy conditions but no rain on this. for most of us, it is going to be a cloudier day than on saturday. the cloud will break up across northern ireland, though, as we head through the afternoon. still cloudy conditions across western scotland, brighter further east but here it�*s cooler than on saturday. the best of the sunshine on sunday for western wales and for the far south—west of england, devon and cornwall, where temperatures could peak at 23 celsius. now, as we head through sunday and into monday, you can see that colder airjust gradually filtering down from the north, so across the board it is a cooler—feeling day really on monday, and it is squeezing the isobars across the south of england, too,
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so here it is going to feel really quite windy, cold winds for north sea facing coasts with plenty of cloud, blustery conditions for channel coasts, particularly windy across the channel islands. but there will also be some some sunshine for the south coast, the cloud will break up across east anglia as well, so some sunny spells emerging, dry with the best of the sunshine and probably the highest temperatures across northern ireland and across the central belt of scotland, maybe 2i celsius on monday. now, as we head through the rest of the week, the high pressure is going nowhere. in fact, it is continuing to build in so it is set to stay dry and settled but we�*ve still got that onshore breeze towards eastern coastal areas of england, and here the wind is going to feel quite brisk at times. it is always going to feel cooler towards the coast. some of these clouds could produce a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of it, maybe, but generally speaking it should stay dry again. as you can see, the best of the sunshine always the further west you are, across wales, the south—west of england, northern ireland, and for much of scotland the sunshine is set to continue through the middle of the week, maybe 2a celsius on tuesday. and it is looking really very
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similar on wednesday, too, some areas of cloud, thickest out towards parts of east anglia, an onshore breeze for eastern coastal areas, sunshine, the highest temperatures further west again, 2a celsius expected in south—west scotland, don�*t forget the uv levels will be high and the sunshine strong at this time of year. also, the grass pollen season just getting under way. a few changes as we head through the middle of next week in that the high pressure is expected to move off towards the north and the west. so the focus for the eastern coastal winds will really be across north—east england and perhaps eastern scotland, just driving some cloud onshore at times, some slightly warmer air coming round on this area of high pressure into southern areas of england and wales. we could see 23 or 2a degrees celsius maybe in london and cardiff on thursday afternoon, so temperatures starting to recover here, possibly the warmest day of the week. as we look ahead into the outlook for friday and the weekend, some of these showers across europe could maybe move a little bit further northwards as the high tends to pull away. a couple of the models
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are suggesting this but it is a bit more likely at the moment that it will stay dry and settled and that the sunshine will tend to continue. it could turn cooler by the end of the weekend and into the start of next week, but do keep checking the forecast. at the moment, it is still a long way off. bye—bye for now.
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this is bbc news. i�*m anna foster live in istanbul. the polls are closing. recep tayip erdogan and his rival kemal kilicdaroglu go head to head in the turkish presidential runoff. i�*m lewis vaughan jones. in other news: russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on kyiv overnight in what officials say appear to be the largest drone attack on the ukrainian capital since the start of the war. britain�*s government is discussing plans for supermarkets to cap the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living crisis.
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