the the this is dw news of life in berlin as long as fighters advance and a surprise offensive in northern syria, revel units celebrate. after entering the 2nd biggest city level, hundreds are reported dead in battles with government forces. also coming up protesters clash with leads for a 2nd night in georgia. as anger grows over the suspension of talks on joining the european union and or bunker's back germany's vestiges of the cold war and world war 2 have largely been destroyed or repurposed with russian aggression on the rise . there's a new effort to take cover. we go underground for the store,

the, and greeting. see you, viewers around the world. i'm michael ocho. rebel forces have read united siri as long simmering civil war with largely as long as fighters storming into the country's 2nd largest city. the syrian army concedes it has lost control of large parts of a level which it had held for 8 years and is failing to retake them. it's the biggest flare up in years in a civil war that has seen involvement by russia. iran, the us turkey, and israel. the celebrating victory is fighters on the streets of the level that eat us after being driven out on the devastating government and russian it strikes. the v joyce being with the belief is

a crushing defeat, depressed in the shot of us stopping on statue a 5 foot spot, the former president hopkins. i said, none of that, i mean about time to start gotten after each us of being displeased from it by the aside from the and his criminal machine to be done to a level by the will of god. we did go into our country. it is an indescribable feeling to return to the country, your land, the police you put brought up the surprised offensive by most people get paid troops begin been stay in the northwest and gruff and so for level confidence a, fight the script to really different down get stream, government check posts and really to be he could but assad government, which is the fact that you don't invest, you has just funding with your strikes according to him,

one of the thing dropped the city. an opposite of with 3 for human rights. russian is strikes, have hit a level for the 1st time in us in an effort to push back that up as city just a minute to see if it's been drink troops from the city in to prepare to come defensive. as many have lost their lives in recent government and rep, i looked at the red in of one influence by lupins and regional planned for almost 13 years or so tough. being a ward with opposition forces to speak to over to him of the conflict tests. good dentist to meet the task 1000000 people. some 6800000 citizens have clicked the country. and now it's a decent offense. this has re ignited the fighting with an intensity not seeing in

the let's bring in journalist could email the laurie who's following the story for us from cairo. dream. let's talk about the timing. why have the rebel groups decided to attack now? for the 1st, it's the 1st big, big military activities since the agreement of a song, a at between the turkey, russia and it on the calm down to conflict at the time it is, remains the low level of conflicted. but now of course, the change the time i think has a lot to do with the weakening of the regimes allies 1st and foremost, who's going to it says that we're always one of the foot troops off the us. i'd resume, of course no. recruit to by what happens in 11 on 2nd to russia. the 2nd are like being very busy in the ukraine war and destroy another forces from

siri, syria because of that, that sort. the other, i like it on the, the very busy business says and it's influence really weekend to in the last weeks the ply, the will in level of all that lift the present us up and see in a very vulnerable position. and this no, of course, but the reference i just going to use what sounded like that. let's talk about that some more. i mean, serious military has announced a temporary troop withdrawal from 11 o 2, as we mentioned in the report, prepare a counter offensive, but at the moment, just as you're referring to the don't appear to be particularly robust for that which em us as review is really at a low point, not only because of what i mentioned before, but also after the astounding agreement to when this became a low level of comfort and the noise, the promise it's people and improvement of their lives in granted to the, the economy is

a disaster. never does improvement was never delivered. say she has played an important role in addition to the, the resume, it says it positions of the receptionist as well. but also the, the last week by the is really off was also weakening the reading troops to it says, so it'd be crushed now if the regime really 10 point of a be contact tech to recycle by a level. this might very well be a singular moment corinne might this success in a level in bold, in the rebels to open more friends elsewhere in the country. i think that is really the most important question of the hour and the, the off course scenarios that the opposition might white into other areas. and one of the most likely scenarios here would be the source of the syria, the area of the data, right to the edge of the board to that is an area known for it's the position to

the machine that as an area with 2011 the uprising against the us entries u. s. started. if that's what happens, it will be victorious for the regime because it will test to fight on to talk the opposite. it's from one end of the for the 1st of all north and the 2nd. and the most southern part of the country, this would be really trauma. so the vision, how united is the opposition force leading the attack this? but i think that's the most difficult question. and i see right now we have more questions than answers. part of this, the representative position is, of course, a hot court is let me move since others are or on the turkey sheer payroll at turkey is now also of course, using the chance that it all in russia all weekend to one of their main goal is to weaken the kurdish opposition, there could just parts of the know that syria and last part of the still

a lot of rabbits who had to escape and the last use from a liberal is now the returning back. people that going back like this hot breaking scenes of a son, for example, being related with his mother after so many years. so we really, it's a mix of all this and we don't really have supervision right now. who is fighting where and especially about the question is, what is the political agenda of this read this off to this areas liberated? of course. the 2nd question is will there's, you have enough springs to fight back. so a lot, a lot of really open questions and right. no, actually very few answers. oh, thanks. as always, the journalist covina l. g, a y in cairo, georgia on the georgia now where more than a 100 demonstrators have been arrested after classes with police in the capital to

police c. tens of thousands took to the streets for 2nd night to protest against the ruling georgia dream parties announcement that it's suspending talks to join the european union. the government accused the e. u of disrespecting george and values after the block cast doubt on last month's election results. this was the scene in typically sees main boulevard. angry crowds say stuff against police for a 2nd and then after george's government said it was freezing talks to join the european union of the situation is quite tons. as you might see on the background, there is a riots police mobilized right next to the problem. and we can hear that some of the protesters are, some of the protesters are, sorry, the parts of the police has been using the uh, watch a ton on when,

what's the people searching? yeah, they would leave the men square for few minutes and they'll come back again, which makes it quite a police to discuss the crowd. the protesters say the ruling george and dream party is dismantling democratic rights and pulling georgia into must goes or bit. we're not fighting only a good public, something we're finding is wasa, we're finding it is watson, the voice in these countries norm as amount of resources, money and everything, which is no inactive. so that is why i do us a lot of makers of that democratic world support to jim people. the protesters already have the support of george's pro western president mission. maybe as of today, i can say with confidence that the resistance movement has the guns that it is your

movement initiated by you, without any once instructions oldham on fried, less than 10 years of peaceful constitutional resistance movement. most of the n. s 10 and philadelphia to with it, but it's not us. so he beverly clear on that show the vast majority of george and support e u membership. george and dream also says it wants to join the blog eventually. but people here have taken to the streets because they, since their european aspirations are slipping away. in other stores making headlines at this hour, germany, social democrats have launched their general election campaign. chancellor. all adults is planning to leave the s p d to another victory after his free party coalition collapse early this month. the polls show then far behind the opposition. conservatives really pull them entry. elections are expected to be held on february 23rd. kosovo is blaming and explosion

at a crucial water canal on serbia calling in terrorism, the damage canal feeds to coal fired power plants. serbia rejects the accusation. it's the 3rd blast in kosovo in recent days, kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 which serve yet does not accept. gunners. government says the number of people killed in a landslide earlier this week has risen to 17. within a 100 others are still missing. mud covered dozens of homes around 300 kilometers east of the capital, kampala, rushes invasion of ukraine has raised questions over civil defense. here in germany, the government is working to increase the number of bunkers available to protect the population. if the country comes under attack, existing shelters can only how's a tiny fraction of any targeted population. in the event of war, this is where the german public can seek shelter. the countries, few operational bankers of

a room for up to 480000 people. less than one percent of the population in just a moment. as if that expect at the moment we're actually in a poor position. he is, there is a lack of both a structural infrastructure and awareness among the population. the of what can actually happen in an emergency position bounce for like is twin con. the reason for the care and debate, the latest threat from russia following the firing of a new medium range missiles at the ukranian city of the new poll president letting you putting certain supporters of ukraine was possible missile attacks ever since the start of the war and ukraine, german authorities have been working on a national bank. a plan is tennis, copeland, vices that can roughly outlined the points are included in the most systematic possible recording of buildings and private properties that can be used as public safe havens in the us. of these could be underground car parks and subway stations and basements. we've covered design,

and one of the cut off volume of all of this data will be transferred to an app that enables citizens to determine their nearest place of refuge. a digital approach to the everyone agrees with this call move, cuz i need ways of continuing to communicate with people and to look for him because we know how quickly the internet can fail if the power goes out. for example, since the end of the cold war, a general sense of security has growing in germany, happened to 2007. there were still 2000 public shelters. the german government at the time even decided to dismantle, instead of some of them. bunker is became museums and she could taps an increasing number of private individuals. and now thinking about building their own bunkers, there's a certain vendors and woke up. it's nice to have a bunker in my garden at home when the air raid happens on sundays. but what do i do when i'm at work at 10 am on a monday, so you know, where are 1st come you to for an hour and a half for a smile on

a touch tone intended without the tea, a timeframe. the national shelter concept remains of project waiting to be addressed at some point, probably under a new federal government. next strong shift or a song writers and robot musicians kicking human orders to the curb. when using 45, the people in trucks injured was trying to feed the city center the straight people's screens the around the world more than 130000000 people of we

of mine because no one should have to make up your own mind. dw may 4 mines the hey i is causing quite vista in the creative world. it can compose music even produce hits. it can tailor personalized playlists on streaming platforms. we're even seeing robots saying instruments. i'm conducting orchestra's for what role will i play in the future of music? i tried to play the piano as a kid, but never really got the hang of it. i programs can learn much more quickly. in the blink of an eye, they can read listen process and analyze any number of musical styles. yeah, i can even create songs from scratch with just a single prompt. but is that real creativity or just plagiarism?

many artists fear that the music and ideas will be stolen this way, but equally, there are people who are eager to find out what's possible when human beats machine in the music world. for example, it's still autos, carvette and palostio. she works with open source software and ai tools to generate sounds and images, and it's quite the part to the music festival in vanessa iris. here, kevin palostio perform side by side with the j file and team is very tough. but this is no ordinary d. j set, the electronic music and digital festival tries to push the boundaries and below the lines between the 2 fields. here, palostio uses a i to program, live visuals, to complement the d. j said the, the lab when we deal with the official intelligence and up to something that we experience things that are historically in the new for the human species as well.

but i guess it was little minor. the computer scientist uses different a i models for audio visual work. she generates a music with the help of machine learning algorithms when the, when i make on. so i like to think of it as a tree that connect a every single item, the phone, okay? oh, you have to read this, is that a 3 is a 7 that have a vision of technology and that, that revisit at the history of women and technology. and then i'm using a computer science in particular. then there's the interest in national technological still frontier wireless or with any a think? no, no, he connected on her way. palostio needs access, the cutting edge computer technology, which wouldn't be possible here if it went full odds and team is public universities. i'm the high performance i t network go because the volume is jason that i processed. and the technologies i use for my

projects require scientific computing power from a broad, difficult, the kind i just don't have access to it via because of this is all built in dollars . but it will because the necessary hardware doesn't get shipped out to you or anywhere locally, can you say on advice or that account english. the digital divide between the global north and south is particularly noticeable in artificial intelligence applications. auto select current palostio one to bridge this divide, but that's not the only bar it into that she has to overcome. the notice of the some, there is the digital divide and the agenda device really thought it in. i have to live through several bob situations of exclusion and discrimination in a male dominated environment and everything in the field. and yet all the persevered but i kept going say i felt for the school config unloading for trusting

and believing that i could show people that not that it really is possible. 407. okay. and forcing, that doesn't sound easy, i told, but kudos to us and making it happen, these days, music streaming just what are function properly without a i all major platforms. now, what machine learning, but how a is implemented very massively to we as users benefits. this is how it works on spots of 5. 2024 was the yes, both to fi launched, it's brand new a i d. j. the program to rates music based on the listeners library and listening habits. the d. j might include new releases that you might like all that one song that you were listening to on loop last year. the customer lives playlists on nothing new. but the a i, d, j offers much more information about the music spends most genre. well narrated, by us emphasized twice i got this brand new release to get to

the school site allows a i generate to music on the platform, just as long as know planned for. it says i used without autism consent, soundcloud introduced 9 a. i tools on the platform aimed at musicians and funds i liked they, i designed to make producing music easier, the re mixing beat making or generating vocals. i'm to put minds at rest. soundcloud guarantees that rights holders will be adequately compensated in case of any infringement. the fun, these are the a, i generated playlists to, but no, i, i generated music. and in addition, music on the platform wouldn't be used to train tools these. it was the 1st music platform to sign a new declaration drafted by office against the use of the music for a i training to this. and the french music streaming service is developing software to quickly identify a i generate took music the

but i won't only be used to detect musical deep fakes. artificially increase streaming numbers are becoming a serious problem for platforms to check stubs can simulate, listen a traffic through a i tools on. a the sites this into and generates more income for the office on the store, the chops. but how does this affect us? well, the algorithm is to play list based on clicks, which means we might be recommended songs that are actually as popular as they seem . but to have been pushed artificially by books and how can we fight this with a i of course these that for example, as trying to expose bumps like that with machine learning and algorithms. and spot to fi is demanding money back from labels and bands that happening caught manipulating streams. but there are some creates as boasting that they use it. so it isn't always a bad thing. this is the guy. yeah. on his own. so i'm

a hit. the story but take away the a. i created pods and all that's left are a few command lines and stuff left to hi. this has been going on. i'm europe's 1st a singer, the one to mention siding. we want to show people what's possible with a i, to a fun guy. it was created by an agency in brain and gemini, with a little help from artificial intelligence. could you be a sign of this, a i product? and what does that mean for real thing as musicians? i, the minutes when i actually left. okay. and what makes you months unique is our ability to feel free to create and use it from what we're experiencing. and you have to understand that a, i can't do that, i'm a, i can only work with what is given and what has been told to do well with the it cannot develop things independently or come up with its own ideas because it's not

possible on the states that's what humans have and will always have over a i, when this is disposed to be, i just mentioned hom, what am i having them? in july 2020 for ben guy. i stepped onto the virtual stage for the 1st time. his 1st song, sunshine soul, appeared on instagram almost deed more than 1200000 times. the reactions range from boring and creepy to wave of use. sorry, and from that used commonly available a i tools to create images, videos, and music for ben guy, fucked. us about texting over is coming. it's all done by text. the inputs furniture that can mark areas in a minute during the image of weather in the background or the person themselves. and i can change them by entering textbook from them. in other words, if he is wearing a white t shirt and i can mark it and make it blue or green. so it's relatively easy to generate a good final product from your collective. i'm for some negative feelings or

flushing use like software like so, you know what's on the same principle, but it takes a lot of experience to make a voice sound consistent like ben guys, for example, in the end human creativity is what counts with or without us official intelligence, the and also special artist, if you will, it seems a nice songs. i hate to say what's about the legal aspect, who actually owns in a i sung, the creator, the company that develop the i software or the artist whose voice has been planned . meanwhile, in the world of classical music, 3 um robot conduct added to the performance just this year. we went to the gym and said to him to has been for his perm yet pre robotic comes, the kinds you might find in the industrial sector. re purpose for conducting an orchestra. here, the bottom makes way for 3 colored lightsabers keeping time and the premier of the

robot symphony specially composed for the occasion. it's a peas, no human could conduct. that's because each robot follows its own beat and tempo. have a lesson the interesting, the 7 jointed robotic alms move as fluidly as a conductors. but it wasn't without human assets dressed. i'm symphony orchestras, artistic direct to macos rand, how to teach the robot each movement individually, the pickup. so the one who had to put on a kind of gloves which had various and the tracking sensors on it, but it didn't work very well. at some point, i thought we could, we just use the robot itself. and that actually worked the robeteck arm to fit

around. mine's almost like a 2nd arm. and with a fair amount of resistance, i was able to move it around. he is not, he's a son. oh, countries in the vague. so the measurements are almost human. but what was it like for the musicians? the big difficult things to work with the robot arms is that don't give any emotions at all. they don't see what we do. not with the template, no to in the mountains, and they don't do anything. is just the thing they're doing, the beats, which is fine. it's okay. but i mean the music is so much more without the human conduct to the orchestra is pretty much left to its own devices. the 3 um follow a strict tempo regardless of the office, just responds. that's why research has from the technical university of taste and trying to integrate sophisticated, artificial intelligence things of what i know, what to say. i play the role when it comes to recognizing the environment and

everyone that robots and dr. drew recognize how the orchestra rice. i'm saying this and how they respond to and then we will certainly meet a items. ok, so for. * the robot of a more like a sophisticated match. and um, then i conduct to but maybe that gap can be bridge by a swedish composer and robotics enthusiast. frederick ground has music or robots play the cello or the violence. some perform with humans. now, like in the mama symphony orchestra, but even have a robot cellist joining it. so how about you? have you listen to any music, let us know what you think and leave a comment on the one of our videos. and so then see you next time on shift the promoting diversity and tolerance. while preserving the old art program,

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