close in a cru see a political conflict went, oh, you lost on the run. starts december 18th, on d, w. the. this is the deadline. use live from berlin, georgia's prime minister rejects calls for new elections. as the opposition boycotts the new parliament. thousands gather for a 4th night of protests against the government's decision to suspend, talk to join the european union will take you live to to believe. see also on the show is will mr. fighters celebrates there in advance in to a level in the biggest challenge in years to the regime of pressure outside. and negotiators meeting in south korea failed to reach a deal on a landmark training to curb of plastic pollution delegates from nearly $200.00 nations and want to stop millions of tons of plastic waste entering the environment

each year. the i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. president georgias president has rejected calls for new elections after the opposition boycotted, the new parliament. thousands of people have gathered into believe c for a 4th night of protests against the election result. and the government's decision to suspend its bid to join the european union demonstrate as fear, the governing georgia dream party could abandon the process completely and moved toward closer ties with moscow. let's go to w 's, maria kind of might say, who is standing by for us in typically see maria describe for us what you've seen tonight in the capital as well as you saw previously, uh,

thousands of people they took to the streets and you can see in the background, the people are gathered at the parliament entrance, the binding on the metallic shoes that is protecting the parliaments. the entrance . uh now we can see here the police is the pull. somebody don't see that, but the police rights police is deployed all was there. and uh, just 200 meters down department. uh there is also 2 uh cars. uh the okay, what it kinda is, we can see that and it's definitely quite tons. here, the protests continued on to the people here say that it will continue until the reason you, uh, you know, an option that says the 1st requirement. and the 2nd requirement is getting georgia back onto the european top. so it's so that we can also not hear that the protests are launching fireworks, so they call them and building. so under protests is assessed to. c as. a people

say here, it looks like a very determined crowd with 2 very clear demands. how has the government been explaining why the country should stop its path to european union membership, especially when polling shows that up to 80 percent of the public support? georgia entering the european union. yes, but we are hearing some conflicting statements from the government from the prime minister, iraq, you call her, called but he's a just few hours ago. he said that the georgia government will spend no estimates on quoting him. this to join to you by 2030. so it's a, you know, the prime and the se, swimmingly, as you know, back tracking. um, it seems like to sort of ease the time since, because you can see that the public outcry is really, really big and very, you know, people are very loud here and they're making their voice hub. and we can see that the government is sort of set, trying to use conscious here,

but do people believe that the statements and do people here at least people together here? they say that it is not, you know, genuine intention of the government. we've seen that. that's what the public says here that we've seen that all of the 2 years they've been taking the steps that are more eliminating us from europe. and they don't seem to believe those sort of promises from the government. but we will have to seeing the coming to days whether it's going to be possible as haul to find any compromise between the government and its people. yeah, there must be a trust deficit for him to say that there will eventually be a path to membership. but then deleting it and those 2 things contradicting each other. there's been tension between george's prime minister and president that became really full blown this weekend. what's this all about? and could it worse than the current crisis in the country?

well, the relationship between the, the goods is sort of holding party and the president couldn't be was at this point to the president is the choosing the 3 daughters and popular feeling the election. she is saying that she is not recognizing what she calls illegitimate parliament. that elapses a georgia engine, government images and the problem, and to me is the georgia dream government. that elapses sort of approved itself in the parliament with no position attending the session. she says that the elections will read. that's why every decision and, you know, every statement that they make is illegitimate. it goes against the georgian constitution, that's the position of the president, the georgia dream party. holler was south insist that they will, they live soon on the now seemingly they're, you know, trying to use the time since by saying that they're actually want to be part of europe. what's also interesting that the war and you crying really play?

it's a, it's crucial role in this story. it's now for the past 2 years. you know, the anti watson criticism has been more sort of a vocal in georgia of the georgia is in potty. they say that once the war and ukraine is over, they will try to restore the relations just with the west. but the people who gathers here, they see this moment is crucial. it's either today, uh or, or they will just fall into russian, oregon. and that's how people here to see the situation. maria kind of might say, thank you so much for joining us. now to the biggest challenge in years to the regime of siri and president bush are all outside thousands of rebel as well as the fighters have taken over much of serious 2nd largest city. a level also sees in control of the airport in dozens of towns and villages, syria and its ally. russia have carried out air strikes against the rebels. assad has about to defeat the insurgents.

rebels by it, or celebrate in the central town square in the heart of a level this fire of victory shots, savoring the crimes that has also been serials. redeem from here and for the hop. that happiness is indescribable. the happiness of liberating the city of an echo. but we're now in the main square. we've been waiting for this for 10 years. well, even shall. it's an indescribable feeling. my older brother was mounted here and the left boat, 13 years ago. praise to go to bed. praise to god, allow me to go, hunt allow me to go home. this video for florida lee shows on gunmen and truck seas in control of the city civilian airport. the syrian army admits it has lost control of much of a level which it has for 80 years. and dozens of its soldiers were killed when a coalition of readable groups launched a surprise attack. a few days ago, the seas, the military,

we base weapons and even tanks from syrian government forces. the lightning offensive is led by the implement or h p. s, which used to be ok, does branch and serial before. so ring ties. the collision consists of multiple groups with different and you know, the, geez, what unites them is their opposition to syrian president bush are less on this assault is the biggest challenge in egos do is redeem and has dropped in the front lines of the syrian civil war. that have large the remain frozen since 2020. the rebels have also taken control of dozens of strategic towns in hama, an english provinces. russia launched a series of strikes across the city in a bit to stop the rebels. it was the 1st time in a 2 years russian war planes had a level let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. and rather you an

agency supporting palestinian refugees is causing the delivery of a through the main cargo crossing into gaza. due to security concerns is chief, says the road out of the care m shalom costing has not been say for months and large convoys of h. s. are being stolen by armed gains. a truck driver has caused multiple accidents on 2 highways in western germany. officials say the truck has 50 different vehicles while driving in a zigzag fashion. police say the truck has polish license plates. they've now arrested the driver and placed him in temporary, psychiatric care. iceland opposition. social democrats have won a staff election with almost 21 percent of votes. it gives them 15 of 63 seats in parliament ahead of the governing independence party. but short of the majority, social democratic leader christian foster adults here can now become prime minister of a new coalition government. the voters in romania are electing a new parliament

a week after a shock result in the 1st round of the presidential election. a controversial far right populace who had been pulling in the single they just won the most votes in the polls and anti government and anti establishment parties rather are expecting a strong showing this time around negotiations for an international treaty to curb of plastic pollution have reached a stalemate need more time. the chairman says, the u. n. estimates around $20000000.00 tons of plastic waste leaks into oceans and waterways every year. the treaty intends to address this issue, but it divide remains between the countries pushing for a plastic production cap and the handful of oil producing countries who want to focus on plastic waste. c, w 's, environmental porter, louise osborne joins us for more. so we, it looks like the summit has failed. that's right. um, basically they were supposed to come to an agreement on a international treaty um,

by the end of today that it hasn't happened off the 2 years of negotiations. it will now be pushed likely into next year. and one of the big issues behind this was the base with production. so they're all countries from a high emission collection of so they say who we're looking for, a limit on the amount of plastic that has made, which would also obviously reduce any waste, but the oil producing company countries mainly who wants, who didn't want to see that limit in place, i mean obviously oil is used to make plastic, but this one of the issues. another issue uh say on the list who were on the ground there is that that was also a significant plastic lobby at the tools which they say it has undermined the process. um, so just to step back a little bit highs. i know, i think we all know the answer, but why is plastic such a big problem?

i mean, i think it's the kinds of amounts that are being produced square so heavily dependent on plastic, you know, for packaging, for a tech styles, for all of these different things, even toys. um, to the point where we're producing 400000000 tons every year. this is a, a huge amount and we only actually recycle 9 percent of this, which means that most of it ends up in landfills being bonds and also in the environment. so impacting, for example, marine wildlife choking up rivers and oceans and also contaminating soil and ground water. so this is a huge problem and as it stands, plot stick production is supposed to run pump. so by $26.00 the, it would trip for making this an even bigger problem. and waste isn't the only issue. there's also, i mean, as i just said, fossil fuels are used to make plastic fossil fuels mean emissions,

which also think contributes to the problem of climate change. it's amazing because there's been so much effort to sort of not use plastic, but the numbers keep growing. so any chance that this sort of initiative will get back on the table, i mean that we're supporting the closing planners. and a lot of the delegates who are, who with our and boost on a very determined to make this work. obviously when they meet again, they will be coming across the same kinds of problems. so we could see a treaty that is, we could then, then some of them want to see, but that will be something that the delegate from the pacific. i'm a nation's who was representing the group actually said the future of our communities hangs in the balance. we can't afford to fail. and i think that's what they will be going forward with in the next 2 weeks. just a very quick question before the end of the show, louise on does this require the initiative, a major country like china or the united states? so, i mean, these 2 countries, all the biggest plastic purchases and

a lot of eyes are on them. apparently they weren't present as the plenary, we're coming to a close. but i think that there are a lot of countries that will be looking at them to make a statement on how they want to go forward with produce production of plastic. yeah, it's definitely going to be a whole of a world effort and needs these major countries to be involved and to be engaged and when they are distracted, it becomes a big problem for making things happen. absolutely. thank you so much, louise osborne, for joining us. and here's a reminder of our top story at this hour. george's prime minister has rejected calls refresh elections after the opposition boycotted, the new parliament. thousands of people had gathered into police see for a fortnight, a protest against the election results and the government's decision to suspend its bid to join the european union. and you are up to date. i'm melissa chan. thanks for watching the

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i should, we can just search for the day and take them out for a this 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 or concerns 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 ai tools to generate sounds and images, and it's quite the part to the music festival in vanessa iris. here, kevin palostio performed side by side with the to 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 to me in the, the lab when we deal with the official intelligence in up to its own 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 to every single idea and loan, okay? oh, you have to read this of that 3 is a 7 that have a vision of technology and that revisit at the history of women and technology learning. and i'm using a computer science in particular. then there's the interest in national technological still frontier the so it any a think? no, no, he connection for her work 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 p 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 services are built in dollars, but it will because the necessary hardware doesn't get shipped out to you or anywhere locally you can use it on advise or not assume 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 in tech, but she has to overcome the notice 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, confess unloading for trusting and believing that i could show people that not that it really is possible for us to get a full senior. that doesn't sound easy at all,

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 uses benefit. this is how it works on spots of 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 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 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 funds, these are the a i generate to play lists too, 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 end. 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 algorithm is to pay less of 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. and how can we fight this? well they, i of course, these that for example, as trying to expose bolts like that with machine learning and algorithms and spots of 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 that's left or if you come on lines and i saw for 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 friend guy. i 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 it mean for real sitting as musicians? either the minutes when i was actually locked. okay. well, next few months. unique is our ability to feel free to create and use a somewhat where you experience the 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. what they, they 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 let me. i haven't been in july 2024 been guy. i stepped onto the virtual stage for the 1st time. his 1st song, sunshine sol, appeared on instagram, was viewed more than 1200000 times. the reactions range from boring and creepy to wave of use. i'm sorry, i'm sure i'm back. i used commonly available a i tools to create images, videos, and music for ben guy, fucked us with texting of it's kind of, it's all done by text, the input to find that you can mark areas in a mit journey image of weather in the background or the person themselves, and i can change them by entering textbook from, 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 and final product. columbia selective, i'm for some negative feelings or forces using software like so, you know,

works 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 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 an iphone, the creator, the company that develop the software, or the artist whose voice has been planned. meanwhile, in the world of classical music, 3 um robot conducted tv performance. just this year we went to the german city of tristan 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 light, save as 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 temple have less than 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 democracy, didn't have to teach the robot each movement individually. the pickup, so the up and 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 rabbinic arms to fit around mine, 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, not with 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 a human conduct to the orchestra is pretty much left to its own devices. the 3 um follow a strict tempo regardless of the officers response. that's why we such as from the technical university of taste and fund to integrate sophisticated artificial intelligence. got you experience of what i know of a i play the role when it comes to recognizing the environment and everyone the robot conductor to recognize how the orchestra saying and how the responds. and

then we will certainly meet a items. ok, so far the robot. i'm more like a sophisticated matcher now and then i conduct to but maybe that gap can be bridge by ai, swedish composer and robotics enthusiasts. frederick brown has musical robots play the cello or the violent some perform with humans. now, like in the mama 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 reason was declined in d b, let's say this month over month, certainly has been influenced by the bank like this. the reduction of government

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