Danijela Horak - Head of AI Research, BBC R&D
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Danijela Horak explains how the BBC is making use of AI and its plans for the future, including detecting deepfakes as well as using deepfake technology as part of its production process. Danijela and Helen discuss the Corporation's use of open source models and its view on closed source technologies such as the GPT family of models from OpenAI. We find out how the BBC uses AI for recommendation, while taking cautious approach to user data, and Helen and Danjela reflect on why there needs to be more rigour in AI research so that the field doesn't end up on a par with 'social sciences'! Watch the video of our conversation with Danijela at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwecs8KRLg
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