Congrats to our Phil Layton who's recognised as an @smpteconnect fellow!🎉."For attaining an outstanding rank among engineers or executives in media & entertainment through their proficiency & contributions to the motion-picture, TV, or related industries".

You can listen and watch to Inside R&D: Innovation Explained on:. 📺BBC R&D website: 🎧/📺Spotify: 🎧Apple Podcasts: 📺YouTube: 🎧RSS feed:

Episode 2 looks at disinformation - and how we're working to establish standards for Content Credentials like @C2PA_org which will help journalists prove the authenticity of their stories.

Artificial intelligence has been a focus of a couple of our early episodes:.- Ep 1 covers generative AI and the creative opportunities and potential ethical issues. - Ep 3 discusses Large Language Models - what is an LLM, and how could they be used to enhance what the BBC does?

Inside R&D: Innovation Explained is our new series of interviews with the R&D team, lifting the lid on technological changes that are affecting the media industry. The podcast is available on several platforms - all the links and episode details below 👇🎧

Our new report - The Social Internet - highlights an emerging crisis for the giant social platforms. - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.

The internet has become one of the most important spaces for social interaction we have ever seen, and the debate about its impact on all aspects of society is urgent and pressing. Our latest report looks at how social media and networks shape the environment the BBC operates in

RT @BBCRD: Firstly, we've just published a long-read on AI agents, their potential, and the problems. They can save time and effort, but co….

And finally, you can discover all of our work on artificial intelligence and machine learning that goes back more than a decade in our new AI & ML hub where you'll find features new and old. research reports. datasets. and more!.

Secondly, we recently launched a new podcast and video interview series - Inside R&D: Innovation Explained. The series lifts the lid on the technological changes affecting the media industry and kicks off with a discussion of generative AI.

Firstly, we've just published a long-read on AI agents, their potential, and the problems. They can save time and effort, but come with issues of trust, control and privacy - read more:.

A roundup of a few recent AI-related things from us at @BBCRD. .

We've made a tool to measure smiles, laughs and track faces - so @BBCiPlayer have given it a spin to do some matchmaking with a group of singles and see if they have the same comedy tastes!.Check out a test on @BBCTheOneShow at 7 tonight! #LoveAtFirstLaugh.

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Coming up in 20 minutes!🚨.The Rave Lounge in 3D with @BBCR1 - 3+ hours of DJ sets from Radio 1 - and you can join in by entering our virtual, 3D venue. It's all free! Step inside and join us from 18:30 UK time (10 mins from now!)

. then read about the design challenges of creating a way to explore musical genres and styles. It all came together in our experiment called Orbit - read more and *try it out* below:.

First, find out how machine learning helped us to organise *thousands* of tracks to build a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song.

Here's two new articles covering our pilot for a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song by exploring recently played tracks from @bbcintroducing!.

RT @BBCRD: Rounding off the year as always with a look back at 12 months of innovation excellence!. Watch: https://….

Rounding off the year as always with a look back at 12 months of innovation excellence!. Watch: