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hello and welcome. this is business today. after months of speculation, apple has revealed its plans for artificial intelligence in a move that chief executive tim cook has called the next big step . the tech giant is to boost its siri voice assistant and operating systems with openai s chatgpt as it seeks to catch up in the ai race. it s part of a new personalised ai system called apple intelligence. here s our north america business correspondent erin delmore. the hardest abereaviation in tech these days is easily ai. now, apple is taking its shot at redefining artificial intelligence into apple intelligence. the company unveiled a series of ai related announcements at the world development conference on monday. chief among them a partnership with the artificial intelligence juggernaut, intelligencejuggernaut, openai. that will allow apple to integrate the start up s cutting edge chat bot, chatgpt, into its including a superpowered siri. apple s signature voice a ....
Has been promised a rebuild for many years but we have not seen that start in earnest. the maternity services have also been given inadequate rating so the nhs is bound to be a big issue for voters as they cast their votes. the cost of living, another one, like many other places in the country. but specifically in taunton and wellington, perhaps that vote that we are picturing goes wild swimming in the river on the weekend. the water quality, the pollution and the possibility of sewage being in that water is going to be really important to them. that is another issue voters will be considering. interestingly, the local river has been given bathing water status, so the wild swimmers will be glad to hear that. and another issue i am always talking to people about is transport, getting around. lots of people like to complain to me about potholes, about bus services, but they are also happy that wellington is going to be getting a new train station and that should be up and ....
There is another system which means every member between the opposition and the ruling party can be paid up so if someone is not available, a member of the opposition would not vote, but the leader of the welsh conservatives have made it clear they will not be appearing in this circumstance. as you mentioned, the vote is not binding, but during a general election campaign, this is another huge dent to the confidence in the first minister and it is not a great look during this time. thank ou. within the wider general election, it s the battleground seats where the fiercest campaigning is taking place. we re focussing on two of those constituencies today. in somerset, we are looking at a battleground between the conservative party and the liberal democrats in taunton and wellington. and in birmingham, we will be discussing the key issues at play in the central constituency of birmingham ladywood. joining me now, from taunton, is bbc radio somerset s ruth bradley. and from the mailbox, in ....
Been selected so far to battle it out in the constituency of taunton and wellington. and these are the candidates in birmingham ladywell. as the election campaign continues, we want your help to cover it. you can tell at the issues that matter to you. throughout the campaign, bbc news analysis ross atkins, will be looking through your comments and comments and questions and doing his best to answer them. through the election campaign, bbc news is asking you to let us know what issues you would like us to explain and you are keeping us on our toes. already we have received thousands of questions. some are about party manifestos. a number of you, including luke in dartford, have asked, do you know when the manifestos will be released? not ....
Reporter, simon gilbert. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, what is it that makes this constituency so on a knife edge? well, welcome to somerset and specifically the taunton and wellington constituency. i want you to imagine you are a voter in taunton and wellington and some of those knife edge issues that are at play, as you said. perhaps you work in the public sector, as lots of people here do. you might work for the local council or the uk hydrographic office, part of the ministry of defence, or perhaps you work in the nhs, and those are going to inform the biggest issues for you as you go to vote in this election. the nhs is bound to be one for the electorate here. we have got the biggest hospital in taunton, the biggest hospital in taunton, the biggest hospital in somerset. that ....