This episode could have been an email
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
From summarising video calls to making presentations in minutes, Microsoft is launching an AI copilot on some of its apps and Tech Life have been for a preview. But will it change how we work or present new challenges? We also speak to the tech entrepreneur, Miron Mironiuk, who is collaborating with Pope Francis to teach children tech skills. And we meet 21 year old Luke Farritor who has won $40,000 unscrambling ancient texts that were left unreadable after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum
(Picture: a video call taking place on line Getty/Mayur Kakade)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, so I'd like to tell you where you'll find more just like it. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Izzy Lee Poulton, an assistant commissioner for BBC Sounds, which means I'm involved in the whole podcast making process. |
| 0:12.2 | Whether that's developing fresh formats or facilitating eye-catching artwork, I helped project manage all the details that make our podcast stand out. |
| 0:19.7 | At the BBC, we've got access to storytellers and experts across a huge range of subjects. |
| 0:24.4 | It could be psychologists, comedians, celebrities or journalists. |
| 0:28.6 | No podcast or day looks the same here. |
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| 0:34.1 | There's probably another podcast on there that you're absolutely love. |
| 0:37.8 | Love Janessa is the True Crime podcast from the BBC World Service and CBC podcasts, investigating |
| 0:45.0 | the murky world of online romance scams. She was trying to get me to send her money. |
| 0:50.6 | Catch up with the whole series now. Search for Love, Janessa, wherever you found this podcast. |
| 0:56.3 | You win their hearts. |
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| 0:59.4 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program where we look at innovations around the world |
| 1:04.5 | and explore how technology is shaping your life. |
| 1:08.3 | I'm Shona McCallum, and if you're anything like me and sit through meetings |
| 1:12.0 | thinking, I wish this could just be summarised nicely into an email, then I'm sure you and I are not |
| 1:18.1 | alone. Well, generative artificial intelligence solutions are popping up to do just that, |
| 1:23.7 | with the latest from Microsoft launching next week straight into their office products. |
| 1:28.7 | We've been for an exclusive look at how it works |
| 1:31.1 | and we'll explore some of the concerns |
| 1:33.1 | about the changes to work it could bring. |
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