in one of the world's leading technology markets. before the japanese election, we look at how part—time workers could solve the country's labour shortage problems. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. the boss of nvidia jensen huang is in india, and has announced a slew of deals with several indian companies, including reliance group, run by asia's richest man, mukesh ambani. our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar has all the details from mumbai. nvidia said it will supply its processes for reliance data centres and announced a tie—up with other indian companies. they are looking to expand their cloud infrastructure in india. i hope to partner with all of you to enable india... the nvidia bossjensen huang was attending an ai summit in mumbai and said he believed

india would become one of the largest software outsourcers with artificial intelligence exports going forward. one of the greatest advantages india has is a large population of users. so now you have the fundamental ingredients, ai, data, and ai infrastructure, and you have a large population of users that ultimately creates your ai flywheel. he said his company's revenues from india were small right now but its hopes for the country, which has been trying to develop a nascent chip—making industry, were large. the company said it would be rolling out a hindi language ai model in india to help local businesses drive activities like content translation and ai assistance. this builds on its view to make artificial intelligence more inclusive and tailored to the diverse and particular

needs of each country. over 11,000 creative signed 0ver11,000 creative signed a statement warning of the threat ai poses to their craft. thom yorke of radiohead and actor julianne moore and writer sir ian rankin are among those raising concerns about unlicensed use of their work. the artist rights alliance have told the bbc about the fears. i would say there are several layers of threat. 0ne would say there are several layers of threat. one is al companies begin to use artists�* work for training their models without any compensation, often without any compensation, often without any compensation, often without any knowledge by the artist that their work is being used for this type of training. we call that ingestion, when work is being scraped off the internet, used without any kind of permission, to train an ai

model. that is one thread. the second is when an artist�*s likeness is being copied, like a deepfake scenario. —— that is one threat. the name, likeness, voice is being faked. this kind of digital replica without authorisation is very threatening to the artist, because their whole being is being used without permission. and finally, there is a threat in terms of the delusion of the market, the devaluing of art. if we start seeing the market flooded with this type of ai generated content, it becomes harder for people to find the artists that they want to hear, to be able to find the human made music. and the royalties due to artists get deleted by this pool of ai generated content. these are the ways artists are feeling the danger of ai.

artists are feeling the danger of al. the way artists are going about it is to say, let�*s have guardrails around how ai is used. ii have guardrails around how ai is used. , ., have guardrails around how ai is used. i. ., have guardrails around how ai is used. ,, ., ~' have guardrails around how ai is used. i. ., ~ ., is used. if you would like to hear more _ is used. if you would like to hear more about _ is used. if you would like to hear more about the - is used. if you would like to - hear more about the challenges and opportunities presented by ai and opportunities presented by al to the music business, talking business is on this weekend on bbc news. on thursday, mcdonald�*s identified taylor farms as the supply or sliced onions that likely caused the e.coli outbreak. the farm has issued a voluntary recall. a rival chain burger king have also removed onions from their menu as a pre—emptive measure. a usjudge has blocked an $8.5 billion merger between two major handbag and accessory makers, capri and tapestry, which would have put several major brands like versace and michael kors under one company. the stc sued in april to block

the merger, arguing it would harm consumers. tapestry said it would appeal. from false claims about immigrants eating pets, to threats to deport millions of undocumented workers, immigration has been a big subject in the us election. in polls, voters frequently cite it as one of the subjects that is most important to them. but despite strong rhetoric from both presidential candidates, what is the economic reality surrounding immigration in the us? the bbc�*s ritika gupta investigates in a heavily republican county in pennsylvania. it is the peak of harvest season, when migrant workers travel to the us and spend their days toiling in fields. without migrant workers, a lot of places would be out of business, quite frankly. brett is a local grower in york springs, a tiny conservative leaning borough in adams county, pennsylvania. in more recent years, he has had to expand his workforce, predominantly with migrant workers from mexico. they operate under

the h2a temporary agricultural workers visa. there is not enough local people to do the work we need. they also provide a very stable and reliable workforce. most of the men return year after year, so they are experienced and able to hit the ground running, and they train new people themselves. here in adams county, pennsylvania, growing sustains the local economy. the area is located in the heart of a fertile valley ideal for cultivating everything from flowers to fruit and vegetables. but the vitality of the region�*s agriculture industry and its ability to meet its labour needs rely heavily on foreign labour. if the farmers would not be able to harvest all of their fruit and vegetables, they would not be able to feed their own families, they would not be able to pay their local taxes, they would not be able to contribute back to society. and if we would have no harvest, our food chain would be disrupted.

our fruit and vegetables go all across the country. immigration has become a top issue for voters in the 2024 election. the polls show a majority of americans want the numbers to be reduced. but like many developed countries, the us is confronting an ageing society and facing long—term population decline. here in asia, japan�*s nikkei 225 has fallen by around 1% this morning, mainly due to uncertainty around the country�*s elections this weekend. an acute labour shortage is one of many challenges facing facing the economy. while help may be on the way in the forms of robots, al or immigration, there�*s a new and growing industry that�*s forcing change on the country�*s inflexible labour market. the bbc�*s mariko 0i reports. imagine this — a reversejob interview where the worker gets to choose who they want to work for. this short film went viral on social media injapan this

year, as the labour crunch shifted the power balance between employers and employees. now, what ifjob hunters could skip the interview process altogether and forget about the resume? timee is a matchmaking app for gig workers and employers, founded in 2018 it has nearly 300,000 businesses registered on the platform with some nine million users. it is an industry known as spot work, offering fast payment in return for a day�*s labour. the ceo was still a student when he started the company. translation: at the moment, more than 9096 of the work- is in logistics, retail and restaurants and bars. due to the tourism recovery, hotels are also looking for workers as well as events and manufacturing. also, there is work in nursing and childcare. i guess for workers it�*s quite appealing not to have to submit a cv, but isn�*t it risky

from the employer�*s point of view that, if the workers arrived with zero skills, what can they do? just like uber, our system allows both sides to read it, so it almost acts as a resume. restauarants usually want a year�*s experience. for nursing and childcare, you must have a qualification, but this is the declaration injapan, employers need reliable workers to show up. you were a pioneer in the spot work industry, but there is increasing competition now. you charge businesses 30% of salaries as an introduction fee, but i guess others will start to undercut that, so how would you stand out? 0ur priority is to have as many workers as possible. as well as job offers that are convenient to users. others have undercut the introduction fee, but even if they�*re cheaper, if businesses cannot find the manpower, i don�*t believe they will use them, so we plan to keep charging the same fee.

you said earlier that this service probably worked only because it was injapan, do you have any plans to expand overseas? 0ther economies face similar issues of labour shortage as japan, such as south korea and taiwan, so we are looking to expand especially in asia. timee estimates the size of future markets in japan alone to be worth more than $25 billion. we mentioned the japan election, coming up on sunday october 27th. i will be in tokyo to bring you the twist and turns. thanks for your company on business today, have a good week.

hey, i�*m ben with the catch—up. tonight, ai cheating, big brother controversy and our very own kiss cam. but first, are you someone who never leaves home without your vape? well, the government has announced new rules that will stop the sale of disposable vapes in england and wales from june next year. it�*s in an attempt to protect both children�*s health and the environment.

are you taking exams this year? have you ever been tempted to use al to cheat? stomach was in knots. i think worst case scenario i could have been kicked out. i think if you use it, you�*re only cheating yourself. that�*s hannah, which isn�*t her real name, who used al to write one of her essays. she got caught and is warning others not to do the same. universities uk has said students need to learn how to use ai, but that they need to write their essays themselves. some other stories now, and a warning that it�*s crunch time for climate change. the un�*s found that huge steps need to be taken by global leaders to avoid a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1 degrees. itv has edited an episode of big brother to remove a pro—palestinian symbol. the watermelon, which has been used to show solidarity with palestinians, appeared on the t—shirt of a housemate. she said she was unaware of the implications. itv has apologised to any

viewers who were offended. and let�*s finish with ten seconds of kissing. do you kiss? why are we showing you this? well, new research suggests kissing might come from the way apes use their lips to remove ticks from one another�*s fur. gross! right, you�*re all caught up. have a good night.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i�*m sarah mulkerrins. coming up on the programme. jose mourinho is sent off as his fenerbahce side hold manchester united to another draw in the europa league. a blow for grigor dimitrov�*s hopes of making the atp tour finals. he is knocked out of the vienna 0pen. and thousands lined the streets of manhattan to celebrate a first wnba title for new york liberty. hello, and you�*re very welcome along to the programme. let�*s start, then, with the box office meeting ofjose mourinho and his old side, manchester united in the europa league, which ended in a third successive draw for erik ten hag�*s side in the competition. christian eriksen quietened

the crowd in istanbul,