so this morning the tech secretary, peter kyle, was in our studio and indeed in others, at our chumsthe industry, talking about what he believes is a very, very significant opportunity for the economy and also opportunities for us because he reckons the government can be much more efficient. he reckons that all of our lives can be improved by massive advances in al, as it's known. but i should be worried about al, i'm told. well, both, right? and this is an is an interesting thing, isn't it? this is the point. what we were trying to explore tomorrow is how the government gets a balance right between the huge rewards that there are and the huge risks that there also are. but peter kyle, really, this morning i thought came across as a real sort of evangelist for this, essentially sticking his stake in the ground and saying that the uk is going to miss out if we don't crack on and actually welcome these new technologies and that the government backs them too. this was what he had to say. if we get this right, i we will be able to be in the driving seat of it, creating the innovationl an

so this morning the tech secretary, peter kyle, was in our studio and indeed in others, at our chumsthe industry, talking about what he believes is a very, very significant opportunity for the economy and also opportunities for us because he reckons the government can be much more efficient. he reckons that all of our lives can be improved by massive advances in al, as it's known. but i should be worried about al, i'm told. well, both, right? and this is an is an interesting thing, isn't it? this is the point. what we were trying to explore tomorrow is how the government gets a balance right between the huge rewards that there are and the huge risks that there also are. but peter kyle, really, this morning i thought came across as a real sort of evangelist for this, essentially sticking his stake in the ground and saying that the uk is going to miss out if we don't crack on and actually welcome these new technologies and that the government backs them too. this was what he had to say. if we get this right, i we will be able to be in the driving seat of it, creating the innovationl an

some of the standouts include an energy council, led by peter kyle and energy secretary ed miliband,nal data library, with the promise of secure access to public sector data. and support for uk—based ai companies and improved computing capabilities. and this empty field in the atomic energy authority site is part of a plan to partner with a private firm to build a data centre here, a pilot scheme for al growth zones across the uk — these zones offering enhanced power access and streamline planning permissions. the power—hungry demands of a! are just one thing on a long list of challenges facing the technology. and when we consider that some of the biggest players in al are based in the united states, how does the uk ensure it has a significant voice when it comes to the development of the technology, a voice which isn't drowned out by political, regulatory or commercial concerns across the atlantic? now, at the moment, we don't have any cutting edge companies that are british—owned. we have deepmind, which started in britain, but is now american—owned. now, we want to keep all of tho

so cue peter kyle, who arrived on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning.ent her case off to the prime minister's standards adviser to be assessed. tulip has referred herself to the authorities to be investigated. that needs to be completed. but the thing you can guarantee with this government and keir starmer as prime minister, is he will abide to the outcome of that inquiry. so if laura magnus finds that she is heard, she will be out? keir said numerous times he has respect for these institutions. he has given them more independence. more authority to do their own inquiries. i'm pretty sure that he will adhere to what comes out. and so far, sir keir starmer is saying he is backing his ministerfor now. ok, so that's that issue there. we've also had mel stride, the shadow chancellor. five he was also speaking to laura kuenssberg and he was going after the rachel reeves who is at the moment actually in china. yes. so all sorts of things happening on the economy this week, the cost of borrowing has gone up. rachel reeves has gone to china to try and start som

we've got peter kyle, the technology secretary, with us tomorrow morning, which feels rather timely.ver been a better time to check facts, now, it seems to me. the assault on truth, and this is a work done a lot by our colleague marianna spring. yeah. and one of the questions you can ask yourself is, how does this post i'm reading make me feel? mm—hm. and if the answer is "very angry", that is the way that it's proven that you get more engagement of users. ifican... if i can make you angry online, you're going to engage more, you're going to send it to all yourfriends who share the same concerns. let's say they are concerns about grooming gangs and you're rightly concerned about them. but if you're sent misinformation about it, which you then share, then of course that means it would be even more important than ever to have had fact—checkers in the situation. so ian russell used a phrase "u—turn" by the big companies, but there's been a big u—turn on the truth around the world, the issues we care the most about. there's a whole industry of deliberate disinformation happening and many

what is peter kyle tech secretary promising to do to make britain a leader in al?. _ she has to balance these issues, the _ she has to balance these issues, the most - she has to balance these issues, the most also . she has to balance these - issues, the most also prevented potentially damaging humanity which is quite an issue in the coming decades. he is saying that needs to be a leader and think about safety but not get obsessed with it. to get the government to look for ways they can use ai, scan for cancer, scan for potholes. he says the conservatives have not done enough and that would change under this new government. this is what he had to say to laura kuenssberg. this could just wash across our country and society in a way that government just sits back and lets it happen. that's not what i went into this for and went into politics for. if we get this right, we will be able to be in the driving seat of it, creating the innovation and therefore the wealth that's created from creating the technology stays in our country and contributes to our economic growth

up the uk's row competing power and there's going to be new energy council which will be led by peter kyleicial intelligence brings because it's very hungry for energy. because it's very hungry for ener: . , ., _ , energy. obviously investment will be crucial _ energy. obviously investment will be crucial to _ energy. obviously investment will be crucial to all— energy. obviously investment will be crucial to all of- energy. obviously investment will be crucial to all of this, i will be crucial to all of this, take me through some of the hurdles because it will require massive changes, infrastructure development to energy, to skills? �* , ., development to energy, to skills? 2 . ., , , skills? it's a really broad lan skills? it's a really broad plan and _ skills? it's a really broad plan and that's _ skills? it's a really broad plan and that's part - skills? it's a really broad plan and that's part of i skills? it's a really broad l plan and that's part of the problem. it will affect employment to education to health care. as a consequence of that it creates quite a bit of that it creates

the technology secretary, peter kyle, hasjust been discussing this with laura kuensberg on her sundayom symonds has been listening to that interview. just bring us up—to—date. this has been going on for a long time she has been been in a run of stories saying that she used a range of properties obtained by herfamily as a range of properties obtained by her family as a result, possibly, of corruption in bangladesh. heraunt possibly, of corruption in bangladesh. her aunt is the former premier of bangladesh and was deposed because of the corruption scandal. kemi badenoch said it is time for to sack tulip siddiq, she could bring fibre to the country and the prime minister not to sack and how it makes it clear that he is not as clear that —— makes it clear that he is not bothered by integrity as he claims. ,, ., , , bothered by integrity as he claims. ,, , claims. siddique has sent off herself to — claims. siddique has sent off herself to the _ claims. siddique has sent off herself to the prime - claims. siddique has sent offj herself to the prime minister advised to be assessed. tulip sid

i'm thinking here of kyle bernstein on hillary clinton and ronald kessler on laura bush and peter slavinn michelle obama and interviewed jill biden for their books and first ladies seem to decline interviews especially when they have their own memoirs to pen. in 1994, hillary clinton, launcha bush, millel obama and jill biden have all written one or more books. these first ladies have been more forthcoming about the substance of their work and possibly they feel they're being taken more seriously because of the growth of the field and our era. i want to remind us briefly that another marker in heightened interest is their increasing appearance in the media, live, fictional and documentary. these, of course, are always of varying qualities and levels of historical accuracy. scholars know that first ladies have had a long history with non-print media dating back to the early radio broadcasts and television shows, but only sporadically. over time their presence has increased. one long tradition began in 1969 with pat nixon's appearance on sesame street. every first lady from nixon when the

and _ science and tech secretary sir peter kyle and the energy secretary ed milibahd — kyle andd and this will look into the costs and — miliband and this will look into the costs and solutions to the extreme energy _ costs and solutions to the extreme energy demands made by artificial intelligence. the government is betting — intelligence. the government is betting big, then, and going all in on al _ betting big, then, and going all in on al. . ~ betting big, then, and going all in on al. ., ,, i. betting big, then, and going all in onai. ., ~' , betting big, then, and going all in onai. ., , . on al. thank you very much indeed, marc. there are fears that high winds could soon return to los angeles and again fan the flames of the wild fires there. three are still burning around the city. firefighters say they now have a small window of opportunity to contain them before the arrival of winds of up to 70 miles per hour. planes continue to dump fire retardant on hillsides across la, and firefighters are cutting vegetation to slow the spread of the flames. at least 2a people have b

however, science secretary peter kyle told gb news labour are dedicated to making a change for victims bill that we introduced into parliament this week. >> the child welfare bill had as its central commitment, multi—agency co—operation. for fact we would deliver it and the conservatives tried to stop it. now, we didn't just introduce this on the back of a national debate. this happened in the last fortnight. we planned this bill in opposition. we have been drafting it in government. we implemented it last week. there are things we are doing and actions we are taking, and we will continue to do so and deliver for those victims. >> in other news, the chancellor will lead a new drive to tackle waste and inefficiency across the public sector in an attempt to get back on the front foot after a week of turmoil in the uk financial markets. writing in the telegraph, darren jones, the chief secretary to the treasury, said officials will work with the private sector to embrace their ideas, expertise and innovation to further our public services. as part of the drive to clamp down on unnecessary

science secretary peter kyle told gb news earlier today labour are dedicated to making a change for victimsill that we introduced into parliament this week. >> the child welfare bill had as its central commitment, multi—agency co—operation. for fact we would deliver it and the conservatives tried to stop it. now, we didn't just introduce this on the back of a national debate. this happened in the last fortnight. we planned this bill in opposition. we have been drafting it in government. we implemented it last week. there are things we are doing and actions we are taking, and we will continue to do so and deliver for those victims. >> the uk health security agency has extended its cold weather health alert for all of england until tuesday. amber alerts will now run until january the 14th, meaning a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, is likely, the agency says. temperatures dropped to —i3.9 degrees overnight, but the met office has said the cold spell is coming to an end to california. at least 16 people have been killed and thousands evacuate

i'm going to be joined by the secretary of state for science, technology and innovation, peter kyle. i'll ask him whether it was right for the chancellor to cosy up to one of our biggest foes. while the economy here at home has been tanking, shadow chancellor of exchequer mel stride will be joining us. we'll be discussing the economy and a new poll which puts reform well ahead of the tories. is that a source of concern to mel stride? and former chancellor of the exchequer kwasi kwarteng will be here. i'll be asking him why. what's been going on with the economy is any worse than liz truss's mini—budget of 2022. lord walney, the government's independent adviser on political violence and disruption, will be with me to discuss the latest on the grooming gangs, child rape scandal and why labour is still blocking a national inquiry. and we'll be looking ahead to president elect trump's upcoming inauguration and also reflecting on the devastating wildfires in los angeles, with jennifer ewing of the republican overseas group. another 90 minutes of punchy british politics lies ahead. don't g

. >> i'm joined now by the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, peter kyle.hank you very much indeed for joining me this morning, mr forjoining me this morning, mr kyle. you're announcing this week a new crack team of ai expertise focused on strengthening the uk's sovereign ai capabilities and supporting national champions to create the leading ai powers of tomorrow. cheeky question, mr carl, but considering labour's recent performance, might it be time for al politicians? >> oh honestly, that is a very cheeky question to start off with. no, what we're doing is looking at what has made silicon valley so powerful, to create so much wealth for businesses, to get innovation that emerges and then suddenly gets upscaled to become not just a national impact in america, but global impact in america, but global impact too. now, i think that we have all of those parts here. we've got the skills, the universities we have, the investors, you know, we have all of the things in play there, but they're not in place and coordinated now. ai and digital technology is going to

science secretary peter kyle told gb news this morning that labour are dedicated to making a change for victims bill that we introduced into parliament this week. >> the child welfare bill had as its central commitment, multi—agency co—operation. for fact we would deliver it and the conservatives tried to stop it. now, we didn't just introduce this on the back of a national debate. this happened in the last fortnight. we planned this bill in opposition. we have been drafting it in government. we implemented it last week. there are things we are doing and actions we are taking, and we will continue to do so and deliver for those victims. >> the chancellor will lead a major new drive to tackle waste and inefficiency across the pubuc and inefficiency across the public sector, which will leave no stone unturned in an attempt to get back on the front foot. after a week of turmoil in financial markets. writing in the telegraph, darren jones, the chief secretary to the treasury, said officials will work with the private sector to embrace their ideas, expertise and innovation to further our pub

and the observer leads with its interview with peter kyle telling them the online laws aren't up forot around. the three of you this morning, we will try to focus on the tension between making the most of technology and the dilemmas it brings. tanni, are you concerned about the direction technology has taken? i concerned about the direction technology has taken? i worked on the edues technology has taken? i worked on the edges of— technology has taken? i worked on the edges of the _ technology has taken? i worked on the edges of the online _ technology has taken? i worked on the edges of the online safety - technology has taken? i worked on the edges of the online safety bill| the edges of the online safety bill and that was already out of date by the time we worked on it. now we have facebook and big organisations saying that they will relax a lot. i'm really worried. it has an amazing powerful good, but the ability to spread misinformation really concerns me.— ability to spread misinformation really concerns me. there was a big effort for the _ really concerns me. there was a big e