found herself in the midst of the action as elon musk bought it, which was the first thing that shiona mccallum front row seat when that was unfolding? exhausting! it was, you know, ifeel very as much as though i am still winding out from that experience and i really did get to see what was happening right in the thick of it, which, when you are seeing the headlines over here on one level, and then you�*re dealing with stuff on a daily basis on another level, that was quite an extraordinary experience. can you take me back to when you found out that elon musk would indeed go ahead with this deal? all the directors were totally aligned that what we had to do, having sold the company to elon, we had to uphold the contract. that was absolutely resolute in our mind, so although there were twists and turns and we were not sure if we would end up in court or what was going to happen, actually, it was not as surprising as you might think, because we were very clear that was the direction of travel we were going and what we were going to hold him to. and you did not want him to become the new ceo, is t

found herself in the midst of the action as elon musk bought it, which was the first thing that shiona mccallumeat when that was unfolding? exhausting! it was, you know, ifeel very as much as though i am still winding out from that experience and i really did get to see what was happening right in the thick of it, which, when you are seeing the headlines over here on one level, and then you�*re dealing with stuff on a daily basis on another level, that was quite an extraordinary experience. can you take me back to when you found out that elon musk would indeed go ahead with this deal? all the directors were totally aligned that what we had to do, having sold the company to elon, we had to uphold the contract. that was absolutely resolute in our mind, so although there were twists and turns and we were not sure if we would end up in court or what was going to happen, actually, it was not as surprising as you might think, because we were very clear that was the direction of travel we were going and what we were going to hold him to. and you did not want him to become the new ceo, is that right? i

hi, i'm shiona mccallum with this week's tech news. was speaking in a wide—ranging exclusive interview with the bbc. were many mistakes made along the way? of course. i feel like think we're headed to a good place, you know, we're roughly break even. i think we're trending towards being cash flow positive very soon. if someone comes in and offers you $44 billion for twitter right now, would you take it? no. it depends on who. i suppose, if i was confident that they would rigourlsly pursue the truth, i guess i would be glad to hand it off to someone else. i don't care about the money, really, but i do want to have some source of truth that i can count on. chinese tech giant alibaba plans to rule out its own ai chatgpt—style product called tongyi qianwen. the chat bot will be integrated across alibaba's businesses in the near future. nasa has launched a new satellite to track air pollution over north america. tempo will keep a tab on nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde and ground—level ozone, which are key ingredients for smog. when the full—

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she sat down with our tech reporter shiona mccallum who began by asking her about the fast developinged to think about things carefully but you can't stop them. there is no point us all sitting here saying ai is going to destroy the world. well, it is happening. technology isn't slowing down, it is speeding up. we are digitising, it is speeding up so we have to decide if we're going to digitise in a way that it is ethical, sustainable and inclusive we're just going to let it take over and sit i'm not that person, i think we should put frameworks around this stuff and company should think carefully about the unintended consequences. they should bring people into the room... to have a decision in how these technologies are deployed that perhaps weren't in the room before. do you think there are concerns around how it is being used in some scenarios and specifically chat gpt? there is perhaps a slight fear around not knowing its capabilities and the impact it can have or is it an opportunity? both. if you look at any impact of transformative technology you have a kind of stress point and

she sat down with our tech reporter shiona mccallum who began by asking her about the fast developingi am of the view that you need to think about things carefully but you can't stop them. there is no point is all sitting here saying ai is going to destroy the world. well, it is happening. we are digitising, it is happening. we are digitising, it is speeding up so we have to decide if we're going to digitise in a way that it if we're going to digitise in a way thatitis if we're going to digitise in a way that it is ethical, sustainable and inclusive we're just going to let it take over and sit here being grumpy. i'm not that person, i think we should put frameworks around this stuff and company should think carefully about the unintended consequences. they should bring people into the room... d0 consequences. they should bring people into the room. . ._ people into the room... do think there are — people into the room... do think there are concerns _ people into the room... do think there are concerns around - people into the room... do think there are concerns around how l people int

she sat down with our tech reporter shiona mccallum who began by asking her about the fast developing to think about things carefully, but you can't stop them. there is no point all of us sitting there, it is happening. technology is not speeding —— slowing down, it is speeding —— slowing down, it is speeding up. it has to be ethical and inclusive and sustainable, or will it take over and we would be grumpy? i am not that person. i want to keep putting frameworks around this stuff, companies should ink about this and their consequences and bring people into the room to have a decision. do you think there are concerns around how it is being used in some scenarios and specifically the chatgpt, there is maybe a slight fear around not knowing its capabilities and the impacts it can have? or is it an opportunity? both. ithink both. if you look at any impact of transformative technology, you have a stress point. everybody is wrestling with what that looks like. some jobs 90, what that looks like. some jobs go, and that is profoundly difficult for the community is that those jobs affect. i a

our technology correspondent shiona mccallum joins us from glasgow. what are their concerns?t's app and you send me one back, it is only me and you that can read those messages. not even the 3pp read those messages. not even the app providers can infiltrate and see our messages. under the bill as it stands, of, can ask the tech companies to root out child abuse and look for illegal content. this is the key bit, they say if they were to do that, then they would start looking at error messages, it would be effectively mass surveillance, that would break encryption and that fundamental principle that their companies are based on. they say, we are not prepared to do that. to make one have told me that they would rather walk away from the uk market —— whatsapp have told me. nancy encryption undermined. it is a stalemate between what the government are asking and what the tech companies are prepared to do. just now, the government are saying they are defending that proposal for they are defending that proposal for the online safety bill. the online safety bill at the moment is goin

in an exclusive interview with the bbc, she sat down with our tech reporter shiona mccallum.ut it is fascinating and she she has such insight in so many of these areas and it must mean something to tick —— sit down and talk at all three. something to tick -- sit down and talk at all three.— talk at all three. martha lane fox has three decades _ talk at all three. martha lane fox has three decades of _ talk at all three. martha lane fox has three decades of experience | talk at all three. martha lane foxl has three decades of experience in technology and business and she founded last—minute dock, and was there during the inception of the internet while that was all taking off and from then she has been a key voice across the globe when it's come to tech so it's really interesting to sit down with her, gauge the temperature of the many issues facing the technology sector and especially ai which is such a hot topic. it and especially ai which is such a hot toic. ., , , ., .,, hot topic. it really is and last week we _ hot topic. it really is and last week we were _ hot topic. it

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our technology reporter shiona mccallum can tell us more. she joins us from glasgow.bly a lot of us have seen when you use whatsapp or any other messaging services. if i send you a whatsapp only you and me can read it. that is because when the messages sent from mind to yours it is grumbled and only the two of us have the keys to decrypt the message. —— it is scrambled. that is the heart and soul of what these companies do and they are used by the military and they are used by the military and the government. even the tech companies cannot read them. that is the principal, the principle that is very contentious and one which all of these companies have clubbed together to say to the government, we think our services will be undermined by the online safety bill and can you rethink some of the wedding of the bill?— wedding of the bill? what is the online safety — wedding of the bill? what is the online safety bill— wedding of the bill? what is the online safety bill in _ wedding of the bill? what is the online safety bill in its - wedding of the bill? what is the online