of century tech, an artificial intelligence education technology company. there is a lot of confusion over what artificial intelligence is exactly. we heard from rishi sunak today, this morning, about whether we can really write laws for something that we don't totally understand. so, how can we put guardrails around something that is developing so quickly? i guardrails around something that is developing so quickly?— guardrails around something that is developing so quickly? i think, from the question. _ developing so quickly? i think, from the question, we _ developing so quickly? i think, from the question, we know _ developing so quickly? i think, from the question, we know what - developing so quickly? i think, from the question, we know what it - developing so quickly? i think, from the question, we know what it is - the question, we know what it is today and where it is today. we have applications of ai that we can describe in terms of the benefits, and in his speech it was really interesting actually later on in his speech when he held a 0&a interesting actually later on in his speech when he held a q&a with the media. he certainly tried to balance it out a little bit more and talk about more of the benefits. we do know what it is, the reason he is

saying it is difficult to regulate in advance if you like is because of the pace of change. it is about that pace of change and the fact that it is —— the pace is so fast now. the best way to describe this very simply is that the underlying architecture of artificial intelligence technology has changed, particularly since a paper was written and released by google in 2017. the change of that architecture has allowed the technology to evolve and be used in certain cases, for example people using regenerative ai over the past six months. it's enabling us in areas that we didn't necessarily think was possible and we haven't solved these problems before. in this report today, we have talked about all these concerns. it was really concerning on the point you have got there from the prime minister, cyber attacks, social harms, this information. what he is trying to say is why we are not

trying to say is why we are not trying to say is why we are not trying to chord enough, but the public will find it really alarming, you have this message that the government have it over it under control. so he wants to put it in place those guardrails. the sump safety summit next week which is the first of its kind, he has invited china because there is a general belief that you cannot actually do this on your own. then, they want to develop what they are calling the ai safety institute which is going to examine new technologies as they develop, at pace, and then understand and evaluate the risks and then be able to share the work of the institute globally and openly so that people can think about the risks and the bias. it's really fascinating about the... we risks and the bias. it's really fascinating about the... we have got those discussions _ fascinating about the... we have got those discussions starting _ fascinating about the... we have got those discussions starting next - those discussions starting next week. as you say, a delegation from china and the us vice president and the ceo of google and deep think among others. what is the prospect

really that they are going to be able to come to some consensus around how to deal with aia moving forward? . , ., ., , forward? that is going to be interesting. _ forward? that is going to be interesting. i— forward? that is going to be interesting. i think - forward? that is going to be interesting. i think there - forward? that is going to be| interesting. i think there are forward? that is going to be - interesting. i think there are some like minded people in that conversation, and like—minded countries, and then they want to hear from those who are essentially less like minded, right? and that's where exactly to your question, we might not end up with a fully shared understanding. but the reason why you do it is because number one it is a global technology. it does not have barriers of one country and a blocker against another. but the other reason is during these conversations it is about listening, and listening to the challenge of the debate from those other countries and getting their perspective so that you can be on the front foot about how they might be developing the technologies. we'll have to wait and see and next week is going to be really exciting in the ai world to see what happens, but the institute for example watching next week it is a really important first step. someone has to

take that initiative and try and bring people together. i think from the speech today, the prime minister very much wants to say the uk is the leader in this area, and from the benefit side, how can we develop this technology to solve some of the worlds biggest problems, from health care... i worlds biggest problems, from health care... ~' �* ., worlds biggest problems, from health care... ~ �* ., ., ., care... i think we're going to have to leave it — care... i think we're going to have to leave it there. _ care... i think we're going to have to leave it there. as _ care... i think we're going to have to leave it there. as you - care... i think we're going to have to leave it there. as you say, - care... i think we're going to have to leave it there. as you say, it i care... i think we're going to have to leave it there. as you say, it is| to leave it there. as you say, it is a really interesting story and an interesting summit ahead and we are going to be following it closely. thank you. to some other stories now. farmers say heavy rainfall from storm babet has left them facing hard choices. with the ground so wet, they are unable to harvest crops or plant new ones. it's meant crops such as maize for cattle food are at risk of rotting. our rural affairs correspondent david gregory—kumar, reports from a farm in warwickshire. on manor farm near nuneaton,

storm babet packed a month's rain into just a single day, and that's left fields of maize too wet to harvest and farmer charles goby with a problem. what's he going to feed his cattle? so we are just at the point now where we've probably got a couple of weeks left from last year's crop. so you need to get this in now. yeah, yeah, yeah. the longer the maize stays in the field, the worse the quality of the crop. if we came on and harvested today, we'd be harvesting the crop, really wet conditions. it's going to turn into a mushy pulp and a mess. and also the amount of damage that we're going to be doing to the ground, we're going to be dragging a lot of muck out onto the roads, which isn't great, but it's also the amount that we. . .the structural damage that we're going to be doing to this field and all the other fields where we're sinking in, getting stuck. and that's going to be damage that's going to last probably five, six years, maybe even. these aren't fields affected by flooding. no river has burst its banks near this farm. instead, it's these huge downpours of rain that have made

the soil completely sodden, and that's stopping the farmers getting on with the dayjob. it's notjust harvesting today. these conditions stop farmers planting for next year. and even if you could get seeds into fields this wet, well, they'll just rot. as the climate changes, farming is becoming harder, and that eventually will have an impact on the price we pay for food in the shops. so have you noticed a sort of change in the kind of weather you're getting on the farm? yeah, absolutely. and we're seeing it throughout the year. so instead of getting the average steady rainfall when we normally see it, we're getting longer periods of drought and then longer periods of intense heavy rain like we had just last week. we're a country that's not self—sufficient at the best of times, so it's only going to be putting more pressure on. and i'm afraid, at the end of the day, you're more than likely going to see price rises on food if it carries something like this. once the floodwaters recede elsewhere, the effects of storm babet will continue to be felt on the farm and right through to the supermarket shelves. david gregory—kumar, bbc news.

in new york this week, a british film, all of us strangers, has picked up more nominations than any other movie at the gotham awards, the first significant contest in the emerging oscars race. the film which is both a ghost story and a gay romance comes from british film—maker andrew haig and it stars andrew scott and paul mescal. as tom brook reports from new york, the movie has awards momentum. hello. hi. saw you looking at me from the street. set in contemporary london, andrew haig's new film, all of us strangers, is inspired by ajapanese novel. it's the story of two men played by andrew scott and paul mescal. their relationship plays out against a ghost story of sorts in which one of the men, adam, gets to meet his long deceased parents, played by claire foy and jamie bell. our boys back home?

our son. it would be wrong to think of this as a gay film. there's much going on in this picture. look at you. you were just a boy, but now you're not. i wanted it to be about love, i suppose, and about parental love and about romantic love. how those things are connected, intertwined with each other. i wanted it to be about the things that we keep inside — the pain, the trauma, the agony of our youth sometimes that we don't know what to do with and how to deal with it. and the film in many ways is about adam, the main character, digging back into his past as a way to be able to move forward, i suppose. it was a long time ago. i don't think that matters. what do you hope people more than anything else take away from your film? there's a lot of complexity involved in love, and i want them to take that away with them and ask questions. i want them to think about their own relationships. i don't want... there's no neat ending to my film. i don't want there to be a neat ending. ijust want it to be an ongoing conversation. that's what i love about films, when they can be a conversation

with the audience that then continues once the credits roll. milk, sugar? yeah, one of those. andrew haig first really made an impact as a film—maker with his 2011 movie weekend. you got a boyfriend? an insightful story of two gay men who meet for sex, but get to know a lot more about one another. you know what it's like when you first sleep i with someone you don't know? |you're like the blank canvas and it| gives you an opportunity to project onto that canvas who you want to be. the film brought him considerable acclaim, especially for his authentic portrayal of gay life and gay sex. you look like you want to kiss me. i do. go on, then. this is a new feeling. all of us strangers is also being praised for its portrayals. so i asked him a thought—provoking question. did he think a straight director could depict gay relationships and sex as effectively? i'm sure a straight director can do

it, but i think any gay person knows what it is to be with another man if they are gay. so i think it's certainly, you know, there's a certain viewpoint that is important to me to get across. and, you know, ithink in a lot of my work, especially when it's had like queer content, it's about trying to be as authentic and as real and as honest and as tender and as delicate as i can about depicting those relationships. it doesn't take much to make you feel the way you felt. - the film has become part of the emerging oscars race. there's talk that you could conceivably get a nomination and the actors perhaps. does that mean a lot to you? does it excite you? does it animate you? if we get nominations, it would be incredible. if we don't, i'm not going to see that as a disappointment, if you know what i mean. it's about getting the film out to as many people as i can, and so they can see it and experience it. the rest is, you know, a lovely cherry on top of the cake. all of us strangers has become one of the most praised movies on the film festival circuit in advance of its opening in cinemas in a few weeks' time.

tom brook, bbc news, new york. you and me together. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. it's been a very wet october for some of us, not for all of us, but especially wet across central and eastern areas of england, and particularly for eastern scotland. now, low pressure is out towards the west of the uk on thursday. it's not really moving anywhere over the next few days, so again, it stays unsettled for the end of october. there will be heavy showers, longer spells of rain and once more, it is looking particularly wet for eastern scotland. in fact, there are still met office weather warnings in place for eastern scotland, valid until sunday. the rainfall totals are once again likely to stack up here, as you can see on our rainfall accumulation chart. and of course, that rain is going to be falling on already very saturated ground. this is the picture in aberdeenshire today. the rain feeding through on a south—easterly wind, but it is not raining everywhere. there is some sunshine around,

it is best out towards the south and west, but expect some heavy showers here, and possibly one or two heavy showers across the isle of wight. again, falling on saturated ground, but it is certainly a drier day here than yesterday. the heaviest of the rain here across the afternoon in eastern areas of england, particularly the north and the south east scotland. temperatures once again peaking between 11 and 15 and 16 celsius in the south, just slightly above the seasonal average. overnight tonight, we will still see some outbreaks of rain across north—eastern areas of england, this front very slow—moving, again, that rain into eastern scotland. elsewhere, some clear spells, a few showers, we could see some mist and fog patches forming, particularly across central and southern england, temperatures down to between seven and nine celsius. so, a frost—free start to friday, when again not a lot is set to change. we've still got low pressure out towards the west, these showers spiralling around it, some of the showers could be heavy and thundery in nature. again, we still got this

south—easterly wind feeding those showers through into eastern scotland. more showers moving in from the south west, further south, but also some sunny intervals as well. temperatures once again between ten and 15 celsius for most of us. things could start to change a little as we head into saturday. still plenty of wet weather around, heavy, thundery showers towards the south, and this will turn into heavy, more persistent rain, i think, just pushing into the south of england as we head through the afternoon, especially into the evening. so, there are localised weather warnings in force here. that heavy rain is likely to be further north as we head through saturday night and into sunday. so staying very unsettled.

live from london, this is bbc news. the israeli military says it's carried out a "targeted raid" — sending tanks into gaza to prepare for future operations. we did engage, we did kill the enemy, and also seek out lookout positions of hamas that are still holding in the area, potentially evacuating and clearing mines and explosive devices. the mines and explosive devices. un begins to scale di the un begins to scale down its work in gas as fuel runs out in the number of people killed passes 7000. we have no rescue teams, people are still alive _ we have no rescue teams, people are still alive and shouting. and a major manhunt is under way

in the us state of maine, a gunman opens fire at a bowling alley and bar, killing at least 16 people. hello, i'm lucy hocking, welcome to bbc news now, it is less than three weeks since hamas attacked southern israel killing more than moo people and the death toll of gaza continues to rise by hundreds each day. more than 7000 people have been killed there according to the health ministry. almost 3000 of them are children. alongside the intense bombardment the military says it has carried out a significant incursion to attack faculty positions. we have some video released by the idf. you can see tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. see tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeterfence. a spokesperson told the bbc they were carrying out a tactical rate, in his

words, to prepare the