Summary
Adam is joined by BBC Click presenter Spencer Kelly and lawyer Tarun Tawakley to find out how the UK’s legislation on Artificial Intelligence in the employment sector stacks up, as well as how capable AI could be at replacing the human workforce.
And as the Women’s World Cup gets underway Down Under, Fox Sports commentator Jacqui Oatley reports on the first match of the tournament, the atmosphere in Sydney and how the Lionesses are looking.
Today's Newscast was hosted by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tim Walklate with Miranda Slade, Madeleine Drury and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, we've got a jam-packed episode of Newscast today with some big-brained chat about |
| 0:10.0 | artificial intelligence, although should we really be calling it artificial intelligence. |
| 0:15.0 | And also, the women's football world cup has got underway, which means we're bringing |
| 0:18.4 | back Tess, who's rendition of sweet Caroline, captured the nation's heart during the women's |
| 0:24.3 | euros last year. That's all in this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:28.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:29.7 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister, who herself got beaten by a letter. |
| 0:34.1 | At least I didn't slap anybody which is good. |
| 0:36.1 | Green economy, lab lab lab. |
| 0:38.0 | It's the Guardian reading, tofu eating, low parratti. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm actually very right-wing. |
| 0:43.7 | You do come up with the most remarkable twaddle, today I feel gay. |
| 0:47.4 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
| 0:49.9 | I'm here because I like carrying Meghan, and I don't care what anybody says about me. |
| 0:54.5 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio, and you may have noticed across some of our sister output |
| 0:58.6 | on the BBC this week, it's been artificial intelligence week, so we thought we would |
| 1:02.8 | dive into the AI pool and zoom in on a particular issue. |
| 1:07.2 | And the issue we're going to zoom in when it comes to artificial intelligence and chat |
| 1:10.9 | bots and machine learning is what it means to employment rights, because the TUC have been saying |
| 1:16.8 | it's time for the government in the UK to follow the lead of the EU and put in place some |
| 1:22.5 | legislation that actually governs how AI affects our jobs and our employment and our workplaces. |
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