certainly lots of authors are doing that, but asjane said, sometimes what _ that, but asjane said, sometimes what comes out is a bit flowery, there's— what comes out is a bit flowery, there's lots _ what comes out is a bit flowery, there's lots of words that are repeated. like "tapestry". chatgpt loves _ repeated. like "tapestry". chatgpt loves to— repeated. like "tapestry". chatgpt loves to use — repeated. like "tapestry". chatgpt loves to use the words tapestry and however _ loves to use the words tapestry and however. so as an author, i had authors — however. so as an author, i had authors the _ however. so as an author, i had authors the tool and there are authors — authors the tool and there are authors out there who say much of their— authors out there who say much of their work— authors out there who say much of their work has been written by ai. but i _ their work has been written by ai. but i think— their work has been written by ai. but i think what appeals to readers is the _ but i think what appeals to readers is the human element, and there are ways to _ is the human element, and there are ways to use — is the human element, and there are ways to use ai is the human element, and there are ways to use alto help authors other than actually writing our novels. but the — than actually writing our novels. but the truth is, we are getting down that line, and dickens may have been dead for a very long time, but maybe ai will come up, jane friedman, with another dickens book him a i think that's exactly what's going to him a i think that's exactly what's hoin to . , , , him a i think that's exactly what's ”ointo , ., , going to happen. these models will be able to ingest _ going to happen. these models will be able to ingest enough _ going to happen. these models will be able to ingest enough of - going to happen. these models will| be able to ingest enough of author's work to mimic them and come up with

their ideas. it is not there yet, but it will not be long. find their ideas. it is not there yet, but it will not be long. and what about the idea _ but it will not be long. and what about the idea that _ but it will not be long. and what about the idea that in _ but it will not be long. and what about the idea that in the - but it will not be long. and what about the idea that in the end, i but it will not be long. and what - about the idea that in the end, what writing is about is the relationship between the author and the reader? and that starts in just in a particular genre or writer. can you ever imagine a reader having set a relationship with something that is al? i relationship with something that is al? ., �* ., , ai? i don't rule it out entirely, but i think— ai? i don't rule it out entirely, but | think it's _ ai? i don't rule it out entirely, but i think it's interesting - ai? i don't rule it out entirely, but i think it's interesting to l ai? i don't rule it out entirely, i but i think it's interesting to note that the whole reason i found out about these fraudulent books is, i found out from a reader who discovered them, was very excited, but then once she started reading more closely, she felt like, this isn't the jane that i know, and i going to reach out to him personally and let her know i found these and she needs to take them down. tracy, what do you — she needs to take them down. tracy, what do you feel _ she needs to take them down. tracy, what do you feel about _ she needs to take them down. tracy, what do you feel about that? - she needs to take them down. tracy, what do you feel about that? there i what do you feel about that? there are people that desperately miss jane austen, and there have been some wonderful books that have been written almost in the style of jane austen, but there is the idea that

if you want that, you will go to some ai chatgpt version in order to keep a connection with the characters that you love? i keep a connection with the characters that you love? i don't see a major _ characters that you love? i don't see a major issue _ characters that you love? i don't see a major issue with _ characters that you love? i don't see a major issue with that. - characters that you love? i don't see a major issue with that. i. characters that you love? i don't i see a major issue with that. i know there _ see a major issue with that. i know there has— see a major issue with that. i know there has been talk in the industry, and fears— there has been talk in the industry, and tears as — there has been talk in the industry, and fears as well, that people could io and fears as well, that people could go into— and fears as well, that people could go into something like chatgpt, raiders. — go into something like chatgpt, raiders, and ask for a novel or a book— raiders, and ask for a novel or a book in— raiders, and ask for a novel or a book in the _ raiders, and ask for a novel or a book in the style of, you know, someone — book in the style of, you know, someone like jane austen, or a story that with _ someone like jane austen, or a story that with all — someone like jane austen, or a story that with all the elements that they want, _ that with all the elements that they want. and _ that with all the elements that they want, and in the long—term future, that could — want, and in the long—term future, that could be competition to authors _ that could be competition to authors. but there are so much competition out there already. thus authors _ competition out there already. thus authorsjust have to competition out there already. thus authors just have to write competition out there already. thus authorsjust have to write harder, write _ authorsjust have to write harder, write better, to raise above it all. but i _ write better, to raise above it all. but i think— write better, to raise above it all. but i think that is something that's going _ but i think that is something that's going to _ but i think that is something that's going to come, to be honest. thank— going to come, to be honest. thank you _ going to come, to be honest. thank you both very much indeed. thanks to those who have sent messages where we have been on air. time to tell you about one from james davis in relation to ourfirst story. he says... disappointed to see that the many local people preparing to welcome the families due to arrive

into llanelli did not get any coverage tonight. of course, there are some in that community who do feel more positive about the use of that hotel as a hostel for asylum seekers, a point we are happy to make way. thank you very much, james. —— to make clear. that's all from us tonight. i'm here tomorrow. untilthen, goodnight. breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. earlier, there had been threats of military action if niger's ousted president mohamed bazoum was not reinstated. but the coup leaders didn't back down. instead, they have named a 21—member cabinet to consolidate power. our reporter chris ewokor is monitoring the situation

from neighbouring nigeria. one of the major decisions reached by the ecowas leaders today is that, despite that all options are on the table, including the option of military force as a last resort, they have now ordered the activation of the ecowas standby force. when this is going to start, we don't know. one of the other things that ecowas leaders have done is to reiterate their condemnation of the coup in niger, as well as the continued detention of president mohamed bazoum. they also condemned the condition in which they say their president and his family have been kept, and they are insisting that all the measures that have been put in place earlier, including the earlier resolution

as well as border closure and restriction of movement, will remain in force while they explore every means to arrive at a very peaceful and agreeable resolution. chris ewokor reporting there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. keeping it clean. this is the clean eco—museum tent, a place to show off community projects that have been going on in preparation. these squares were knitted and crocheted by people in the area then decorated by local schools to celebrate place names, building excitement across the generations. it's been buzzing for months. everybody, you look around you and you travel through and you will see all the artwork and the signs and banners and everything. it is a massive community event. they cheer in welsh

but welsh government says it is doing its bit to support with a core grant of £1 million and one—off grants of £1.75 million towards making the festival more inclusive, with free admission for low—income families. the sun was shining for one of the eisteddfod ceremonies this morning and the weather is due to keep improving. many of us here are hoping that wellies can stay in the car for a few days. you're live with bbc news. to india now, and prime minister narendra modi has survived a no—confidence vote which was brought by the opposition. it's the second such vote since coming to power in 2014. have a parliamentary majority. he was expected to win, as his party and its allies have a parliamentary majority. but opposition leaders wanted to force mr modi to publicly address the ongoing ethnic clashes in manipur state. more than 150 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in manipur since early may, when ethnic clashes broke out

between the majority meitei group and the tribal kuki minority. mr modi only publicly addressed the violence weeks later, after a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob?was condemned around the world. meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in ecuador after a candidate in this month's presidential election was shot dead. fernando villavicencio was a serving congressman who was assassinated outside a campaign event in the capital, quito. this evening, police said that six people have been arrested over the shooting, all are colombian nationals. around the world, "barbenheimer" memes have been trending online after two hollywood films — barbie and oppenheimer — were released on the same day. but injapan, the memes —

some of which made light of atomic bombing — are generating a backlash, especially after the barbie movie's official account replied positively to them. distibutor warner bros had to apologise. this morning, barbie makes its debut injapan, but activists have launched a petition calling for the barbenheimer hashtag to be banned. we can now speak to mayu seto, one of the people who started the petition. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. the barbie movie has done incredibly well around the world, but injapan there has been this backlash. can you just talk us through why this happened? sorry, so as we wrote — through why this happened? sorry, so as we wrote in — through why this happened? sorry, so as we wrote in the _ through why this happened? sorry, so as we wrote in the petition, _ through why this happened? sorry, so as we wrote in the petition, we - through why this happened? sorry, so as we wrote in the petition, we want l as we wrote in the petition, we want warner bros to publicly apologise on social media for their positive reactions to the insensitive means

and issue an official statement calling for a ban of the use of the barbenheimer hashtag. we also want both distributor to make these guidelines on the use of social media not to repeat the... doctors atomic bombing but also other atrocities and anywhere in the world. , ., , . world. sorry to interrupt. what's been the reaction _ world. sorry to interrupt. what's been the reaction in _ world. sorry to interrupt. what's been the reaction in japan? - world. sorry to interrupt. what's - been the reaction in japan? because been the reaction injapan? because of course warner bros has apologised to him about as you said, they have not actually set anything on the actual twitter or accountant which had replied positively to those means? . �* . had replied positively to those means? . h means? that's right. in japan there are many people — means? that's right. in japan there are many people who _ means? that's right. in japan there are many people who are _ means? that's right. in japan there are many people who are really - are many people who are really upset. i have not talked to survivors about this because it is too shocking for them, i think, and their many younger people on the twitter who saw what happened, and we were really shocked and we learned that there is still a big gap of the perception of the atomic

bombing betweenjapanese people and american people. bombing between japanese people and american people-— american people. eskimo strength to read some of— american people. eskimo strength to read some of those _ american people. eskimo strength to read some of those survivors - american people. eskimo strength to read some of those survivors come . read some of those survivors come and for them, it is a very difficult concepts to understand —— yes, i was trying to. memes, twitter, there is obviously a generational gap, but in terms of younger people speaking up, why did you decide to start this petition? fora why did you decide to start this petition? for a long time similar incidents have happened and none of these petitions have started. this time from it _ these petitions have started. this time from it was _ these petitions have started. “in 3 time from it was really big news in japan, so we realise what happened, and once we realise what happened, we thought we had to raise our voices, because is not only about coming bombing in 1945, are surrounded by nuclear arsenals around the world more than 12,000 of them, and downplaying what happened on the ground of her ocean man and nagasaki can —— of hiroshima. can make things happen again. we want to

raise our voice, to get awareness to really what happened on the ground on that day. it is a really good time to learn again or learn for the first time for many people in the world what really happened under the mushroom cloud.— mushroom cloud. oppenheimer still does not have _ mushroom cloud. oppenheimer still does not have a _ mushroom cloud. oppenheimer still does not have a release _ mushroom cloud. oppenheimer still does not have a release date, - mushroom cloud. oppenheimer still| does not have a release date, barbie gets released today. do you think this scandal may have affected peoples appetite to watch these movies? i peoples appetite to watch these movies? ., �* ,, ., peoples appetite to watch these movies? ,, ., . , movies? i don't know, actually. there are _ movies? i don't know, actually. there are various _ movies? i don't know, actually. there are various opinions - movies? i don't know, actually. there are various opinions of. movies? i don't know, actually. - there are various opinions of people who commented on our petition site. some people really want to see the movie because this is onlyjust information for us now or some people just say, we don't want to see the movie, but i think it is people's choice, but i don't know if this petition had the impact, but this petition had the impact, but this news, these memes have really impacted on japanese this news, these memes have really impacted onjapanese people, i'm sure. impacted on japanese people, i'm sure. ,, ., ., , . sure. mayu seto, who has started the etition sure. mayu seto, who has started the petition calling _ sure. mayu seto, who has started the petition calling for— sure. mayu seto, who has started the petition calling for a _ sure. mayu seto, who has started the petition calling for a ban _ sure. mayu seto, who has started the petition calling for a ban of— petition calling for a ban of barbenheimer hashtag, thank you so

much forjoining us on newsday this morning. the women's world cup quarter finals get under way in just a few hours, and one of the teams hoping to go all the way is japan, who play sweden. the former competition winners are one of several asian countries to make it further than their male counterparts ever did. in fact, every single women's football team in asia is ranked higher than the men. nick marsh spent some time watching singapore's next generation to find out why. cheering asia loves football. world cup, premier league — you name it, people here love it. but the football teams in this part of the world, the men's football teams in this part of the world, rather, are not so successful. and that's putting it mildly. the last time a country from south east asia qualified for the world cup was indonesia nearly 100 years ago. in fact, the idea of the likes of vietnam or the philippines, even china, qualifying for the men's

tournament, well, that's pretty far—fetched. and yet, here they are representing themselves admirably at this year's world cup in australia and new zealand. now, just take a look at this. every single women's team here is ranked higher than its male counterpart. sometimes the difference is stark. look at vietnam, for example. so why is this? well, the first reason has to do with the neglect of the women's game in general. so, for literally decades, europe and south america — powerhouses of the men's game — hardly invested in women's football at all, so the difference between money and resources that you see in the men's game hasn't had really time to develop. low investment across the board means that the distances between teams aren't as big. but there's also cultural clues as well. so in the men's game, it's middle eastern teams who take up a lot of the qualifying spots for the world cup, but they hardly

bother with women's football, so that frees up more space for teams who are here. suddenly, success becomes achievable and the resources flow accordingly. football across the board is actually pretty inclusive in this part of the world. it's common to find young female fans at stadiums. injapan'sj—league, for example, 40% of those at men's games are women. i'm so happy, i'm so happy! and it's this enthusiasm that's got elite clubs and sponsors investing in training, education and talent—spotting in asia. for us to see that women's teams in asia are getting onto the main stage, to the world's biggest tournament, it's a credit to the countries, to the investment into football, and also to the passion and the drive for the countries who are involved. and it's just going to continue to grow. even more goals to aspire to, then. nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.

i think ithinkl i think i am allowed to say that i'm definitely cheering forjapan. that is it for this edition of newsday, but a reminder of our top story. president biden has declared a major disaster in hawaii, where wildfires on the island of maui have killed at least 36 people. a lot more on this story and all the other stories on the website. in fact, we do have a live page on this wildfire story in hawaii, so do check that out for the latest updates there, but for now thanks for watching newsday. good morning. we finally got there. on thursday, we had some much awaited summer sunshine and warmth. fairly widespread across the country, but temperatures peaked just over 28 degrees.

however, there was quite a lot of cloud around, and in northern ireland by the end of the afternoon, some threatening—looking skies. and that's because this frontal system moving in and is bringing some rain as we speak. that is moving its way steadily north and east, some heavy bursts of rumble of thunder mixed in there as it pushes its way across scotland. the trailing tail of that frontal system, just a band of cloud, the odd spot or two of nuisance rain into the south—east. but it will be an incredibly mild, muggy night. so a very humid start to our friday morning. and there will be some sunshine. early morning cloud breaking off across south—east england, some sunny spells coming through. and with that south—westerly flow, we continue to drag in the risk of a few showers, chiefly out to the west. the northern isles will stay quite wet and disappointing in terms of the feel of the weather, with only a high expected of 15 degrees. but elsewhere, with the sunshine,

and with fewer showers in eastern england, we may well see highs of 27 once again. now, as we move into the weekend, there is a risk of some showers through friday night into the early hours of saturday morning in the southeast. and then this area of low pressure is going to just tuck itself into the far north—west of the country. so showers more frequent, most widespread the further north and west you are. some of those will push a little further inland, but sheltered eastern england perhaps seeing the driest of the weather on saturday. and as a result, the warmest of the weather — 24 celsius is still 75 fahrenheit. almost a repeat performance as we go into sunday. again, that low not moving very far. so most frequent showers to the north—west. there will be some pushing their way across england and wales. and we need to keep an eye on some rain potentially moving into the south—west by the end of sunday. top temperatures generally 18—23 degrees. so that frontal system potentially running along the south. and then as we move into tuesday and wednesday, an area of high pressure is set to build. so we could see a little more

in the way of showery weather to begin our new working week. but the warmth and dry weather may well return as we move to the end of the week and next weekend.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour,

as newsday continues — straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. from record temperatures to ice melt, the data is damning — our planet is warming fast, thanks to man—made greenhouse gas emissions. for years, politicians have ramped up the rhetoric of concern and pledged to speed up emissions cuts, but now there are signs of a political backlash. uk prime minister rishi sunak is championing new oil exploration and reining in spending on climate aid. that prompted my guest, zac goldsmith, to quit suna k�*s government. but, in an age of populist politics, has going green become another ideologicalfaultline?