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Rather than ability. i have a history in hospitality, which has obviously been hard—hit with covid, and so i spent a good few months searching and applying for hundreds ofjobs, with no success. so she joined a scheme that as part of the recruitment process uses al to gamify the assessment of someones personality and behaviour traits, to match them to a job that would really suit them. the last question i remember vividly — we had to try and crack the code, so there would be a certain amount ...

The vaccine roll—out has meant an end to isolation for thousands of adults, but for children, its different. only a gp or hospital consultant can authorise the use of a vaccine in vulnerable children, and for noah, that just hasnt happened. well, it leaves me - inside still, doesnt it? what can i do? i can stay in or i can go out and risk catching . it and get very ill. theres no choice. it intensifies the feeling that ive been forgotten about. _ there could be more effort made to get clinical...

To close for two weeks from sunday. residents are being urged to stay at home. its less than two months since the last state of emergency was lifted. the japanese government has insisted the olympics will go ahead but in some cities, there are reports of sick patients being turned away. lets get more on this. im joined now byjournalist timothy hornyak in the capital tokyo. thank you forjoining us. are there red faces where you are that this stage of emergency coming so soon after the last one en...

Open have reminded us all that racism still exists in our societies and we all need work together to truly root it out —— derek chauvin. and it is against this backdrop that we are going to be looking at biases in technology. an industry that has often been criticised for coding our prejudices into its products. and systems recognising faces definitely fall into this category. these technologies are now being used in many applications and its well documented that they dont work as well for e...

All of the equation. so electricity, where most of the innovation has been, is only about 24% of the problem. when we think about the problem, we think about around 51,000,000,001-- 51 billion 51,000,000,001—— 51 billion tons 51,000,000,001-- 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases every year. if we are able to address 100% of the electricity problem, we only address 25% of those £351 billion. —— 51 billion tons. it is cement and steel, it is the fuel that feels our plans, it is the fertili...

Lets get more on this from celebrity blogger perez hilton whojoins me live from la. perese, thank you forjoining us again on bbc news. —— perez. the idea of celebrities running for governor in california often has legs but have you ever seen anything like this before? i ever seen anything like this before? ., ever seen anything like this before? . , , ., before? i mean, yes, also, unfortunately, _ before? i mean, yes, also, unfortunately, quite - u nfortu nately, quite successfully unfortuna...

To check if they are buying from an area which has strong evidence of illegal deforestation. but since last year, theres been some major changes that make it harder for people to be embargoed, so enter the blacklist. the government told this programme the system of fines and blacklisting is obsolete and ineffective and is being modernised. but it makes it hard for buyers to check that agricultural products are deforestation—free and, all the while, business has been booming for amazon farmers....

Is not very diverse, does not feature people of colour in a lot of tv shows. the problem with doing it this way is theres no real way of controlling the diversity of the people so youll often end up with a data set thats overly white and overly male. so now some companies are hoping that al itself could just be the answer to solving the problem, using the might of something called generative adversarial networks, or gans for short. to see how it works, weve embarked on a little experiment. these...

A key topic at the final day of the summit was climate tech. microsoft founder bill gates told leaders it would be "virtually impossible" to meet their new targets with todays technology. hes working with his sustainable energy organisation breakthrough on a program that would raise money from governments, philanthropists and companies to bring down the cost of clean technology. well, lets speak to jonah goldman from breakthrough energy. he joins us now from seattle. thanks so much forjoining us...

Just three months before the summer olympics. shops, restaurants and bars serving alcohol will be asked to close for two weeks from sunday. residents are being urged to stay at home. its less than two months since the last state of emergency was lifted. the japanese government has insisted the olympics will go ahead but in some cities, there are reports of sick patients being turned away. journalist timothy hornyak in the capital tokyo the prime minister did apologise, actually, for implementing...