Evening briefing Thursday 17th September

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0:42It's amid concerns about the risks posed by the technology. Dr Alondra Nelson was President Biden's former advisor on AI. She told Times Radio her concerns about it. Artificial intelligence risk, it's about the same potential state or non-state actors wanting to do dangerous things. So AI heightens their ability to do so potentially, heightens their ability. But the concerns are really in some ways similar concerns. Biological chemical weapons, for example, you know, sort of rogue nuclear weapons, people being able to engage in cyber warfare that maybe wouldn't have had the capacity before. So certainly AI accelerates all of that.

1:20More allegations have been leveled at the king by Princess Diana's brother. In his new book, he alleges the king was giddily elated after Diana's death. Earlier today, Buckingham Palace responded by saying grief can cloud reason and colour memory. Ken Worf served as Princess Diana's personal protection officer. I don't quite know what Spencer's personal financial circumstances are. There's a real genuine desire and thirst for people to tell stories about Diana. And here's the classic example of Spencer, her brother, who, as we know famously in his eulogy, defended her and was very critical of the royal family, and I think with just reason.

1:58So there is a story here for sure and I'll wait as do many others to find out exactly what else he's going to say. The Bank of England has kept the base rate of interest unchanged at 3.75%. That's despite inflation in the UK rising to 3.1 % yesterday. It's also considering selling hundreds of billions of government bonds to the Treasury over the next decade. It's an unprecedented move that will help bring down the state's long-term borrowing costs. England's FIFA vice president has called for an independent review into two of FIFA's World Cup scandals Debbie Hewitt has written to Gianni Infantino calling for the release of all information on the World Cup sell-off scheme and the controversial decision to lift a USA player suspension after being sent off at the World Cup Scotland Yard says its investigation into the so-called Putney pusher remains ongoing following the death of suspect Nicholas Brandrum.

2:55His family claim he took his own life because of the pressure of the inquiry into the 2017 incident where a woman was shoved in front of a London bus. The health secretary says a lot of work's been done to ensure a life-extending drug for breast cancer patients in England can now be used. Women taking an HER2 can live around seven months more than those having chemotherapy. Two years ago, the drug was rejected for being too expensive. the CEO of breast cancer now Claire Roney, told Times Radio why it's been approved now. It takes NICE, it takes the Department of Health's budget, and it takes the pharmaceutical companies and NHS England to agree a price and to agree that the quality of life that someone will get from taking it is worth the cost.

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