And producer of the lion king about how creatives are using the tools. And the lead negotiator for the sag aftra union, at the heart of last year s strike, tells us how the thousands of artists he represents feel about the way ai is impacting theirjobs. And later in the show, i sit down with a man who created the first company in the world dedicated to computer graphics for film more than three decades ago. Since then, framestore has conjured up the worlds of paddington, among many others. He s seen sd, imax and vr become the next big thing. I ll ask sir william sargent if he thinks ai is here to stay. Wherever in the world you arejoining us, welcome to this week s talking business. Now, a yearago, one of the most visible global industries was brought to a standstill as more than 100,000 actors, artists and writers went on strike. It brought hollywood and much of the world s tv and film industry to a halt. Even the awards season had to be postponed as the red carpets couldn t be rolled
from promoting projects which have already been completed. that s why we saw the cast of oppenheimner, including matt damon and emily blunt, walk out of the film s london premier last night when the strike was announced. avatar a film sequel is among the big productions that are expected to stop production while the strike s ongoing. it s also possible that hbo s house of the dragon tv series may be hit the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that s been rejected by the strikers. our correspondent sent us this report. actors from bit part players to hollywood s biggest starsjoined those who write their lines on the picket lines. the studios say actors have walked away from their historic offer on pay and a ground breaking proposal protecting them from the use of artificial intelligence. in that ground breaking proposal they propose background performers should be able to be scanned to pay for one day s pay and the company should own their image and likeness
boss has been working with al for years. he runs bosch. yeah, the european tech and engineering company, which says within the next two years, all of its products will either contain ai or have been developed using it. wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, for decades, science fiction has been imagining what will happen when the computers take over. it s been the stuff of horror since stanley kubrick s film 2001, a space odyssey showed us the fear of an astronaut whose spaceship had a mind of its own. today, we re long past 2001, and the computers aren tjust learning they re also now so smart they re starting to take jobs. the change ai promises is massive. while both the industrial revolution and the digital revolution change the world of work. this could be a transformation which is even greater. that s certainly what us president biden thinks. i don t think ever in the history of human endeavour
on imported oil and gas. now on bbc news talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the future it s already here, but is it coming for yourjob? i did laugh off the idea of ai replacing writers or affecting myjob. until it did. i realised by myself that i had lost my job, you know, because i saw this video uploaded without my voice. it s been predicted that ai will change the world of work, trashing millions ofjobs while creating new ones. well today, that change is already happening. these two have already felt it. dean meadowcroft lost his work as a copywriter after his company started using chat gpt and alejandro graue, a voice artist whose voice was replaced by a computer. plus jessica apotheker at the boston consulting group has been taking the temperature of the global workforce, interviewing thousands of workers and bosses about ho
just days before ballot papers arrive with tory members, rishi sunak and liz truss set out new promises on health and education. the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. now on bbc news, it s the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode hi, mark. so we have an interesting week. we have thirteen lives, which is a real life rescue drama. ..we have dc league of super pets i mean, pretty much does what it says on the tin. ..and fire of love, a volcanic love story. quite a mixture. yes, so let s start with thirteen lives. this is a dramatisation by the director ron howard of the thai cave rescue of 2018, about which there was a documentary recently that we discussed. yes, not that long ago. that s right. ajuniorfootball team and their coach, 13 of them trapped in a cave