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Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to all the hottest news and trends in the technology business.

I'm Rory Ketland-Jones, and this week we devote most of the program to assessing the state of artificial intelligence.

As language-based AI systems show they can execute a variety of tasks, we visit a theatre, where they're trying to get one such system, GPT3, to write to play.

We hear how machine learning could help monitor vulnerable people while allowing them to stay in their own homes.

And as a corrective to all the hype, we discover that AI hasn't been a huge help in the battle against the pandemic.

Joining me this week is BBC's senior tech reporter Zoe Clyman.

How's your week been, Zoe?

Not as busy as yours by the sound of things, Rory.

I wish I'd made it to the theatre.

Yeah, well, we'll see.

Here's the flavour of what's coming up.

We deploy a number of sensors around a person's home,

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