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BBC mulls in house AI model from text archives; MIT develops AI tool for 30x faster high quality image generation; AI could automate 84% of government jobs, says study; Yotta data services targets global AI market with cheapest compute rates- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. BBC mulls in house AI model from text archivesBBC plans to create an in-house AI model using text archives, aiming to enhance production processes. The model, potentially a Large Language Model, would be solely accessible to…

The Netflix film, featuring The Diplomat's Rufus Sewell as the royal, arrives April 5 Amid online conspiracies around Kate Middleton’s whereabouts, Netflix has released a trailer for its new film about a famous “car crash” interview with another member of the royal family. The streaming giant has offered a new look at Scoop, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of Prince Andrew‘s infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Inspired by true events, the…

The latest series of Doctor Who will debut on iPlayer and globally on Disney+ at midnight in the UK. The first two hour-long episodes land on May 11, which will then air on BBC One later that day in prime time. Those who know how time zones work will have already guessed that Doctor Who will now be available to view in the US on May 10 at 7pm ET and 4pm PT.There are plenty of sucky things about living in the UK, one of which is that we’re a day behind the US TV schedule. Buzzy shows like Lost were often spoiled by the…

In the British teen dramedy Boarders, five Black students of great intelligence, but modest means, are given scholarships to the elite private school St. Gilbert’s. Their presence has little to do with altruism, and a lot to do with the school’s PR problem, after a rich white student posts a video of himself and his friends harassing an unhoused man. Gus (played by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, who also created the series) runs the charity that helped select the five lucky kids, and while all of them are aware of the real…

The Nigerian government is demanding at least $10 billion as retribution from Binance amid crackdown on the crypto exchange platform in desperate moves to salvage the value of the nation’s local currency. Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, made this known Friday morning in an interview with the BBC. Binance profited substantially from its “illegal transactions” in Nigeria while the nation suffered huge losses, Mr Onanuga said during the interview, monitored by…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe BBC has defended its reporter, who gave an “uncomfortable” interview with Andrew Scott at the Baftas last weekend.The red carpet interview in question quickly went viral as viewers criticised the BBC’s Colin Paterson for repeatedly asking Scott about Barry Keoghan’s nude scene in Emerald Fennell’s film, Saltburn.Scott, 47, who was snubbed for his lauded turn in Andrew Haigh’s drama…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe BBC has defended its reporter who gave an “uncomfortable” interview with Andrew Scott at the Baftas last weekend.The red carpet interview in question quickly went viral as viewers criticised the BBC’s Colin Paterson for repeatedly asking Scott about Barry Keoghan’s nude scene in Emerald Fennell’s film, Saltburn.Scott, 47, who was snubbed for his lauded turn in Andrew Haigh’s drama…

Almost a week after the Baftas, BBC News has issued a statement defending an uncomfortable red carpet interview with Andrew Scott, which went viral and led to accusations of homophobia.Last Sunday afternoon, the BBC’s Colin Paterson asked Scott, whose film All of Us Strangers was nominated in multiple categories, for his opinion on fellow Irish actor Barry Keoghan’s naked dance at the end of Saltburn.Scott appeared uncomfortable, but Paterson continued on the topic, raising the possibility that Keoghan’s penis was…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAndrew Scott fans have defended the actor after he was subjected to what have been branded “inappropriate” and “uncomfortable” questions from a BBC reporter on the Baftas red carpet.The Irish star has been highly praised for his performance in the Andrew Haigh-directed drama All of Us Strangers, in which he plays a grieving writer who begins a romance with his mysterious neighbour…

In the introduction to this remarkable collection of works by and about Dylan Thomas, the Welsh actor Matthew Rhys – who played Thomas in the film The Edge of Love – reflects on the life and legacy of “the 20th century’s first rock star author, famed for his dazzling, imaginative poetry and chaotic personal life”. Thomas, who influenced Bob Dylan and the Beatles, loved radio and delivered a series of BBC broadcasts in the 1940s and early 50s which took in poems, short stories, critical appreciations and reminiscences of…