to check out the 9 dodge journey get inspired. the. this is dw news lie from berlin, russia and ron expresses concern over the escalation of the civil war in syria. rebel is the best fighters celebrate their advanced into the 2nd city of a level in the biggest challenge in years to the regime of president bashar assad and georgia prepared for another night of protest. success. anger grows over the suspension of talk on joining the european union. the president criticizes violence against demonstrating violence. the

i, melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we begin with the flare up in the civil war in syria. the biggest challenge in years took to the regime of bush are all outside thousands of rebel as well as the fighters have taken over much of the 2nd city of a level. dozens of syrian army soldiers had been killed in the surprise offensive commanders say they are preparing a counter offensive to restore the authority of the state. the insurgents have also sees the airport and taking control of a number of towns and villages the fighting revives the conflict, which has been largely dormant. for the last 4 years. ron and russia have expressed extreme concern about the escalation or let's get some context from ben, take shellac, she is the head of the middle east and north africa division at the heinrich bowl, stiff tone in berlin. thank you so much for joining us. a 1st question is whether

you can tell us more about these militants, h t s as the group who is supporting them. and where are they getting their resources? good evening h 2. so one of the big factions controlling labor, which is the last rebel health problems in the northeast northwest of syria. and they were the strongest school there supported by turkey. but i think of this offensive turkey does not have the leading bo took is just not interfering. and lets these levels go. and many of them actually are from the villages around a level. so for them it is return, they come home from displacements. so to say now, um, the group seems to be advancing without much ground resistance. will they stop in a level or it looks like they're moving beyond? what's the plan? what have they said and articulated from what i've seen and being down south

towards the province of ha, and which would be another big city in sierra. and that is, of course, quite interesting because you have different sections controlling multiple syria. and if you look at a left to those who are controlling the city or who, who came in to the city i mainly h t s is one of his troubles that there is the international airport that is under control of the kurdish forces that are mainly in serious north east. so that is already an interesting setting. the offensive or continuing towards the south to me looks like possibly a whole the, a hopeful signal that they will not play with each other and against each other. but that this, that they might be receiving direct to defenses of a syrian army, says it is preparing a counter attack. is the army strong enough to repel the rebel forces. i seriously doubt that because already in 2013 the army and it was down to have

a good size. and it was said that a such trusted only course of the original army. so that has been long time ago, and it has not been possible to rebuild the army. this is by russians around were so essential for us that's to keeping it to keep him in power. they invested a lot. i'm sent their own efforts and many fighting groups on the ground. he seems to be offended by them now because i had these statements that they are very concerned. it does not seem as if this time they will come to as best you know, the civil war has been rumbling along for a few years rather quietly with few major developments. now we have this. it's been a surprise. it seems to a lot of people, what do you think in terms of these events leading to a full blown conflict? once again, it depends a lot on the kurdish arab relations, the knolls, but it also depends on another area. and so you are, which is the south because the province of data where the whole protest in 2011

started the province of suite um, as well in the south. we have seen protests there for more than a year. and if these also decided to take things into their own affairs, that might be a really turning point and they for us think we have to wish out what comes up. of course, everybody hopes that this will not lead to more bloodshed and violence that we can't really for see what will happen. but this definitely is a major development that this is obviously not happening in a black box. so there are regional dynamics and play. how do you think the global power is russia are on turkey and the united states are likely to respond. the biggest crestmarc is possibly the united states because we're here in the transition process from the outgoing government to it's a trump administration that has not really shown emily strategy in the past of for us. so i find it interesting that they are,

you're not doing much and i think even their own positions were overrun and yesterday's defensive. so that is quite a surprise. it seems to me that they are dropping their and light and they are not willing to go to any length to support them any longer. how does they for them? ukraine is more important and for around they are busy with their own affairs and particularly his spell that, that was crucial as an initiative to support the subdivision on the ground. they have been decimated, they've been losing their leadership. so i think it's a very vulnerable moment for this year and resumed and, and long prepared offensive now by the rebels is coming in exactly that moment of opportunity then to sheller with the heinrich bull foundation. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. of george's prime minister, iraq week about kids a, it says the state will not allow a revolution to take place. he was speaking after more than 800000 demonstrators

were detained, or rather a 100 demonstrators were detained in classes in the capital to the leasing. tens of thousands have been protesting against the ruling georgia dream. suspending talks on joining the european union this was the scene tentatively seized. main boulevard. angry crowds faced off against police for a 2nd and after george's government said it was freezing talks to join the european union. oh, this trace it 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 the protesters are sorry, the parts of the police has been using the uh, water cut on uh when what is that people searching. yeah. they would leave

and square for few minutes and they would 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 against reinforcement, something we're finding is wassa. we're finding you guys watching the same face country norm as amount of resources, money and everything, which is no inactive. so that is why i do us. a lot of they do is of the democratic world support to jim people. the protesters already have the support of george's pro western president, and they sent me this today. i can say with confidence that the resistance movement has the guns. that's that it is your movement initiated by you without any once instructions oldom on a sleeve less than 10 years of peaceful,

constitutional resistance movement modes. and i stand until a day or 2 with it, but it's not a 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. earlier, dw spoke to the president of georgia alone or a bunch of ally and asked her about her reaction to the police, detaining protesters, and using water cannons against them. it's not only what are tenants and the rest. there is a systemic violence against the protesters that is the following. and this is studying the violence against the georgian population when the where deprived of their b. busy as in the elections,

and when they have been deprived gradually of each and every independent institution in the country, that is the whole system that is taking a foot in the, in georgia. and that has worked at the georgia in pollution that civilly is protesting, introduced this is days. and what is the new in georgia? the process are extended to all the major cities in georgia. and the process is also a gaming in the public service where people are signing a public practice or detecting resigning from their jobs that's including in the get too much community, especially in the uh and this is a, in the european union. this is the mfc national drug test against

the other patient of power and the attempt to drive to georgia towards russia. so let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. kosovo is blaming an explosion at a crucial water canal on serbia, calling it terrorism. the damage can canal feeds to coal fired power plants. serbia rejects the accusation, is the 3rd blast in kosovo in recent days, kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008, which serbia does not assess and is really drowned. strike has killed 3 aid workers in gaza. israel's army says a car carrying world central kitchen staff was on march, and it killed a militant employed by the agency to other people were killed by a 2nd missile fired at the scene near the city of con eunice. jeremy's social democrats have launched their election campaign. chancellor lock shells is

pledging to lead a cd to another victory after his 3 party coalition collapsed earlier this month. the polls showed them far behind the opposition conservatives. early parliamentary elections are scheduled for february 23rd from them in time to diplomats or warning that time is running out to reach agreement on the world's 1st plastic pollution treaty. nearly $200.00 countries are taking part in negotiations in south korea, which are due to end on sunday. sticking points include weather to cut global plastic production of several oil producing states oppose any curve. or at least 20 people were killed as heavy rains triggered lance lights in a mountainous area of gone to more than $100.00. others are still missing and authorities expect the death toll to rise. relief workers are coming through the rubble of dozens of homes. derek, my young, lost his entire family, siblings and both bedrooms. they might have died from

a devastating glance light to good bye, save green, eastern uganda. the umbrella despite its a pretty desperate i have no hope because i was 2 of my family is full good. i'm sure i'm no doing this. he's one of the many survivors who are morning loved ones. the learn slide are good on wednesday in black and blue district, approximately 300 glow me to east of the capital. compile a religious bunch inhibited by homes and schools and most of most in deep mud the you can then government sets of citizens living and then slide regions to relocate. but the local a party, see,

the prime minister's office is not doing, you know, the prime minister's office was responsible for the disagreement plan. the remaining combined with him in head with the people around you know of on to say i'm out to pick the chair woman. we have prepared our luggage to move when are you even getting us? but i have no, i'm so sorry. do you know the affected area is small daniels and has experienced similar disasters in the past rescue what goes digging in search of victims, but say impossible towards an enduring did rescue ethics to. here's a reminder of our top story at this hour. thousands of revel is on this fighters have taken over much of the serious 2nd city. a level in the biggest challenge in here is to the regime of president bush are all outside commanders say they are preparing a counter offensive to restore the authority of the state. and that's all for now

state for our tech show shift where it finds out is artificial intelligence, long writers and robot musicians are taking human artist to the curb. melissa chance, thanks for watching the beautiful my nephew, he read the city. we don't know what to screen or where is mohammed stop? he fled from north any rock and became one of hundreds of migrants who vanish every year. somewhere in the no man's land lines between batteries and clear refugees, become pools in a cru see or come to school. config missouri this i'm afraid i'll never see him

again. when oh you lost on the run, starts the send, the a c, d w 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 on conducting orchestra's for what role will 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 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 a i tools to generate sounds and images and it's quite the party the music festival in vanessa iris here. kevin palostio before them side by side with the j by then team is very tough. but this is no ordinary d. j set. the electronic music and digital festival tries to push the boundaries and bloodlines between the 2 fields. here. policy you uses a i to program, live visuals, to complement the d. j said the when we deal with the official intelligence in up to something that we experience, things that are historically in the new for the human species as well. but

a feel for a settlement of the computer scientist uses different 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 to load. okay. oh yeah. have to read this, is that a free is a 7 and have a vision of technology that, that revisit up the history of women and technology learning and i'm using the computer science in particular. then there's the interested in national technological superintendent, paula: so it any a think? no, no, he got nothing on her way. palostio needs access to 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 requires scientific computing power from a broad, difficult, the kind i just don't have access to it via because services are built in dollars, but it will because the necessary hardware doesn't get shipped out to you or anywhere locally can you say on advise or that account english. the digital divide between the global north and south is particularly noticeable and artificial intelligence applications. auto select current palostio once a bridge this divide. but that's not the only bar intact so that she has to overcome the nose of the some. there is the digital divide and the agenda divide actually 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 can feel unloading for trusting and

believing that i could show people that know that it really is possible way. i said, okay, and we'll see that those little sound is the actual, 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 varies massively to we as uses benefit. this is how it works on spot to 5. 2024 was the us both to find launch. 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 playlist. i'm nothing new. but the a i, d, j offers much more information about the music spends most genre. well narrated by a synthesized voice. i got this brand new release to get to

the photo 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 phones like they are designed to make producing music easier. the re mixing bead making or generating vocals and 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. 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 missing a traffic through a i tools on websites this into and generates more income for the office on the store. the chops, but how does this affect us? well, the algorithms for playlists are based on clicks, which means we might be recommended songs that are actually as popular as they seem, but have been pushed artificially by books on how can we fight this? well they, 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 has been 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 some

a hit the story. but take away the a i created pods and all the left or if you come on lines and stuff left to hi, this has been going on. i'm europe's 1st a icing. on 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 and 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 was actually locked. okay. and fi, well next few 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 a, i can only work with what is given and what has been told to do. well, then 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 we always have over a i, when this is the supposed to be, i just mentioned hom with whom i haven't been in july 2024 been guy. i stepped onto the virtual stage for the 1st time on this 1st song, sunshine sol appeared on instagram, was viewed more than 1200000 times. the reactions range from boring and creepy to rave reviews. i'm sorry, i'm sure i'm back to use commonly available a i tools to create images, videos and music for ben dia for us. but texting of it's kind of, it's all done by text, the input furniture that can mark areas on a mit during the image of the weather in the background or the person themselves. and i can change them by entering textbook for me. 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 selective i'm for some negative feelings or forces

using 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 . an auto official artist, if you will, it seems as long as i hate to stay. 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 conducted the tv performance just this year. we went to the gym and said to him, to has been for his premiere, pre verbal take, comes the kinds you might find in the industrial sector, repurposed for conducting an orchestra. here the bottom makes way for 3 colored

lights save as keeping time and the premier of the robot symphony specially composed to 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 mock us rand, how to teach the robot each movement individually, the pick up. 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 weren't going to have the rabbinic

arm fit around my, in my, 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, couldn't is univision. 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 know through 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 we such as from the technical university of jason fund to integrate sophisticated artificial intelligence. got you things of what i know what to say. i play the role when it comes to recognizing the environment and everyone

the robot conductor to recognize how the orchestra rice. i'm saying this and how the respond would be the then we will certainly meet a items. ok. so far, the robot of a more like a sophisticated metro now and then a conductor. but maybe that gap can be bridge by ai, swedish composer and robotics enthusiasts. frederick ground has music or robots play the cello or the violence. some perform with humans. now, like in the symphony orchestra, they even have a robot cellist joining it. so how about you? have you listen to any a i 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 may i nibble see says, fluid as being connecting this week. we

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