hello and welcome to asia business report. we begin with the chaos at open—ai. where there's a growing rift between employees and the company's upper management. nearly of the staff at the ai—firm are threatening to walk, if the company's former bosses aren't reinstated. meanwhile, other tech industry giants seem to be trying to take advantage of the growing discontent. cloud—based software firm, sales force, as well as microsoft, have both said they'd be willing to employ open—al's researchers. our north america business correspondent — erin delmore has the latest from new york. what began as the firing of open—ai ceo and co—founder sam altman on friday is now a standoff between hundreds of open—ai employees and the company's board.

nearly all of open—al's workers are threatening to quit if the board doesn't resign and reinstate the former leadership. board members fired altman on friday saying in a statement that he was not consistently candid in his communications with them. the company also announced that greg brockman, the president and a co—founder of open—ai, would be stepping down as chairman of the board. but he quit. the company has named emmett sheer, the co—founder of the live streaming platform, twitch, as open—al's interim ceo. two prominent open—ai heads have signed the letter. chief technology officer and the firm's chief scientist. on monday morning, the chief scientist tweeted that he deeply regrets his participation in the board's actions. open—ai has been the dominant force in al development with its chatgpt chat bot. this episode is highlighting a split within the field of aia ——this episode is highlighting a split within the field of ai between those pushing for progress and those urging caution. meanwhile, microsoft

has invested more than $13 billion in open—ai. it's quickly hired altman and brockman who will lead a new advanced ai research team. open—ai and play set in their letter that ——open—ai workers said in their letter that microsoft had assured them that there were jobs for all. on monday, altman and brockman�*s hiring sent microsoft's shares up 2%, hitting a record high for the technology giant. mr altman's forced exit from openai has sent shock waves across the world of artificial intelligence. the fledgling technology has been making headlines since the company's chatbot — chatgpt — was made available to the public a year ago. since then, authorities around the world have been scrambling to understand the potential risks and benefits of ai. for more, i'm joined by ai researcher and scientist margaret mitchell. she told me it all boils down to conflicting visions.- to conflicting visions. yeah, it's actually _ to conflicting visions. yeah, it's actually a _ to conflicting visions. yeah, it's actually a bit _

to conflicting visions. yeah, it's actually a bit of- to conflicting visions. yeah, it's actually a bit of a - it's actually a bit of a conflict of values. so, open—ai is tied up in a lot of operationalizing up different ethical values, operationalizing up different ethicalvalues, including things like safety as well as things like safety as well as things like safety as well as things like profit. i think what we're seeing here is a bit of a value conflict between the board which has a charter to the try and protect humanity long term and then pulls for more short—term profit. so all of that is playing out right now. ., ,., , , , of that is playing out right now. ., ,., ,, , ., now. there are some issues over the peeple _ now. there are some issues over the peeple who _ now. there are some issues over the people who are _ now. there are some issues over the people who are working - now. there are some issues over the people who are working to i the people who are working to commercialise the technology and the people who are working, as he said, for the nonprofit arm. can you just break that down for us? arm. can you 'ust break that down for us?_ down for us? yeah, so basically 0 en ai down for us? yeah, so basically open m has _ down for us? yeah, so basically open ai has what _ down for us? yeah, so basically open ai has what is _ down for us? yeah, so basically open ai has what is called - down for us? yeah, so basically open ai has what is called a - open ai has what is called a capped profit to model, which is the idea that you can only make a certain amount of profit because part of the initial idea behind open iai —— open—ai would be that it's not concerned about profit, it would focus on what would be best for humanity, what would

make humanity moist safe and interacting with artificial technology. and yet they ended up technology. and yet they ended up hiring altman, who does focus on things like commercialisation and profit, may be at the expense of longer—term thinking. so the board has, you know, onejob to do in terms of the initial foundations of what open—ai is focusing on time at the same time that the company has a poll to be able to continue surviving, demonstrating that it can make something that is commercially successful. shill it can make something that is commercially successful. all of these peeple — commercially successful. all of these people who _ commercially successful. all of these people who are - these people who are threatening to resign if altman doesn't come back, how important is the threat of them leaving versus the model and the data? ., leaving versus the model and the data?— leaving versus the model and the data? . , ., the data? yeah, so this has all been happening _ the data? yeah, so this has all been happening very _ the data? yeah, so this has all been happening very quickly i the data? yeah, so this has all i been happening very quickly and i think it's important to recognise that everyone is communicating from a place of emotion right now, emotional reaction, and that means that things aren't necessarily fully thought through. i definitely

believe that a lot of the employees there feel the urge to leave. i don't know if that will pan out a long term as things begin to settle down. open—ai is able to establish more cohesion around what their mission is and what they are trying to do. surely some people will leave, but i think that right now, we are sort of in this shock period where everyone is just speaking from an intense kneejerk reaction and we will see a change over the next week as everyone processes everything. ai and automation have helped manufacturers become more productive, increasing output with fewer workers. a new report says this will help drive a shift away from manufacturing towards service industries for many economies, even those of developing nations. i'm joined by one of the authors of the report charles kenny, a seniorfellow at the centerfor global development, a us—based nonprofit think—tank.

he told me this shift is already under way. i he told me this shift is already under way. i think we are seeing — already under way. i think we are seeing this _ already under way. i think we are seeing this shift - already under way. i think we are seeing this shift over- are seeing this shift over time. we predict business as usual, if you well, about 65 million fewer manufacturing jobs in 2050 than there are today. where are all of those records going because mikey mentioned service industries, business and consumer services backin business and consumer services back in 1970 and played up at the same number of people worldwide as manufacturing. a2050, they were probably employee four times as many. what is causing the shift? you mentioned _ what is causing the shift? you mentioned ai _ what is causing the shift? you mentioned ai and _ what is causing the shift? wit. mentioned aland automation. mentioned ai and automation. that is one big part of the story, the same number of workers are producing a lot more stuff these days in manufacturing, not so much, frankly, and services. so that is one force behind that shift, but it is also a story of demand. if you look at the richer countries in the world, the muppet —— upper middle

countries, they demand has shifted, as populations get wrecker back richer and the age, they demand less manufacturers and more services. so fewer cars, more care services for old people, that kind of thing. elon musk�*s social media company "x" has taken legal action against watchdog group media matters for defamation. since last week several major advertisers have left x amid a growing controversy about anti—semitism on the social media platform. last thursday, media matters said it had found that ads for major brands had appeared next to posts that touted nazism. meanwhile, in another blow to x, the white house has joined its rival threads which is owned by meta. the move, which the white house says was in the process for several weeks, comes just days after the white house and others criticised musk for endorsing an anti—semitic post. elsewhere in the tech world. tether says it has frozen

225—million—dollars worth the securities and exchange commission accused them of illegally operating as a securities exchange without first registering as such. the lawsuit is the latest step to strengthen control over crypto assets, which the regulators say should be subject to the same laws as other investments. according to the world bank an estimated 500 million women and girls around the world can't get access to basic products and facilities to deal with menstruation. but one young woman from the uk decided to do something about it. sam everett reports. wherever there is poverty, there is period poverty, and no one talks about it. this is ella. during lockdown, she started selling reusable period pads and sending them to vulnerable girls and women around the world. you have people living in refugee settlements who don't have the products they need.

they may be leak through their clothes, and because the stigma is so strong, they don't know who to ask, they don't know how to ask because they are so scared of talking about periods in the first place. three years later, she's built a team of thousands of volunteers who have sewn more than 100,000 pads. now she's come to lebanon, one of the countries her charity helps. translation: herel in our region, women are ashamed to ask for pads. translation: i'm still embarrassed. | i'm washing and drying them inside the room so that no. one else can see them. so 60% of our pads have actually been distributed in lebanon, and we found that actually it's so important to support the refugee community. also the national community. you know, people do not have spare money, and often it is the case between buying pads or putting food on the table, you know, buying bread. translation: the cost of living is very high in lebanon. - the situation is dire. i've reached a time during this crisis when i had to cut up warm clothes to use them as sanitary pads and provide pads to the girls.

we tried using other methods, but they caused bad side effects, allergies. we found these were a better option. much healthier. that charity is partnered with various organisations and women's centres to help distribute hygienic reusable pads in the area. translation: in the past, i used to pay a lot - to buy sanitary pads. for $5 every month. this saves money, as we have a lot of payments nowadays, medicines, rent, for example. and that's it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. voice-over: bbc news, bringing you different - stories from across the uk. we're campaigning for free school meals. it's been proven that people that have school meals make more progress in english and maths. the school council at hillston primary school birmingham is on a mission. all children in england get free school meals until they are seven. but from year 3, only a limited

number are entitled. from year 3 above, _ if you earn more than £7,400 — that figure hasn't changed i for a long time — you are not entitled to free school meals. you have parents on low incomes working two or three _ jobs to make ends meet, - earning just over that amount of money and then they have to pay for school meals - as well on top. in northern ireland the income threshold is double at £14,000 and in scotland and wales free school meals for all primary—aged children are being rubbed out. ——primary—aged children are being rolled out. in london they currently get free meals as well. i feel a bit disappointed because, if they have it, then that's not fair for everyone else. the food foundation charity says the income threshold qualifying for free meals is too low. children say they will continue to push for change for their health. voice-over: for more - stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.

welcome to the catch up with zofia louise. shakira settled her case, you read why discovery ——shakira settled her case, a new red wine discovery and well as the big cat. but first 31 premature babies have been successfully evacuated from hospital and gather, described as a death zone. it has had cuts to supplies and power over the past few days. these babies had to be wrapped in foil to maintain their body temperature during the evacuation. 28 of them have now arrived safely across the border in egypt. loads more on the war between israel and gaza on the bbc news website. some other stories. shakira has reached a deal with the spanish court to settle a tax fraud case. originally she faced potentially going to jail

for eight years and a fine of £20 million if found guilty. she settled by paying the court a £6.5 million fine just before her trial was about to start. she repeatedly denied any offence. next, ever wondered why some of us get headaches after a small glass of red wine? but are fine with other alcohol? the university of california say it is basically due to a chemical in red grapes that can mess with how the body metabolises alcohol. time now for ten seconds of the world's rarest big cat, this leopard is called fredo, and he is loving his new enclosure at dartmoor zoo. they even signed him up to a dating site to help find him a lady friend, if you know what i mean. i hope he gets plenty of swipes right. see later.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on the programme. no harry kane heroics this time — a frustrated england draw in north macedonia — as the final round of qualification for euro 2024 continues. we'll tell you about the impact

the football world cup in qatar had on the premier league last winter — as a new report finds injuries lasted longer and cost clubs more money. and, it'll be a new sport at the los angeles olympics in 2028, we'll tell you about flag football and how its growing in the uk... welcome along, thank you forjoining us. england's qualification campaign for next year's european championship in germany ended with an uninspired 1 all draw in north macedonia. gareth southgate's side are still group winners — and the result ensures they'll be among the top seeds when the draw is made — but as our football correspondentjohn murray says — it wasn't the way they wanted to sign off.

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