Twitter tweaks Trump’s tweets
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
US President Donald Trump signs an order that could strip social media firms of legal protections after Twitter adds warnings to his tweets. Plus, despite predictions, artificial intelligence has not replaced radiologists. We find out why humans plus AI are seen as more effective in cancer screening than software alone. And will the Covid-19 pandemic give online learning a boost as schools and universities consider a “socially-distanced” future? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Donald Trump in the Oval Office as he signs an order aimed at social media companies, Credit: Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters).
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| 0:48.9 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your essential weekly guide to all the hottest news from the |
| 0:53.5 | technology business. |
| 0:54.9 | I'm Rory Kathleen Jones, and this week, Trump v. Twitter. |
| 0:58.8 | As war breaks out between the president and his favorite social media platform, we try to work out what happens next. |
| 1:06.5 | Huge claims have been made for what artificial intelligence can do for healthcare. |
| 1:10.9 | We'll hear from an AI firm which believes it can help in the battle against breast cancer. |
| 1:15.8 | And universities are struggling to work out how to cope in a socially distanced future. |
| 1:21.1 | How much of their teaching will have to move online. |
| 1:24.5 | Joining me this week is BBC Technology reporter Jane Wakefield. Hi Jane, where are you? |
| 1:28.8 | I am as always in my kitchen. I keep promising I'm going to go in a different room, but I haven't |
| 1:33.3 | made it out of the kitchen this week, I'm afraid. And is the sun still shining? It is here. The sun is still |
| 1:38.3 | shining. It's a beautiful day. We'll try to keep cheerful. Here's a flavor of what's coming up. |
| 1:44.7 | Fundamentally, we believe in that the best solution is a radiologist |
| 1:47.9 | plus a good AI solution. |
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