Those of a nervous disposition, look away now. Here’s a Halloween preview of an AI short film experiment featured in this week’s BBC AI Decoded. The short highlights a variety of issues with video generation tools including camera control, training data and virtual performance. Beware the moon.

OpenAI launched its new video creation tool, Sora 2, last week. It soared to the top of the App Store chart, but it has also caused controversy as a result of users creating a range of offensive AI videos, including content mocking 9/11. Here’s my report from the BBC Six and Ten News bulletins.

Fancy a trip to the Earth’s last unspoiled frontier? Get your peepers round this, my amazing film about Antarctica - scientific research and a rise in tourism to farthest flung location on the planet . See it before it leaves iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

How AI is changing gaming tech in 2025 | BBC News youtu.be/lWY2q90lbWg?si… via @YouTube

What’s going on with DeepSeek and what does it mean for the global AI industry, have a listen here. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

DeepSeek shows AI's centre of power could shift away from US www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Interesting to see how $500bn Project Stargate works out. The prospect of this plan has already resulted in bickering between tech billionaires, notably Elon Musk and Sam Altman. As Stargate and this new presidency develop let’s see who manages to “play well with others”.

President Trump announces $500bn “Stargate” plan in partnership with OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to build U.S. AI infrastructure, highlighting the scale of investment in the AI superpower race, particularly in light of last week’s U.K. Government AI infrastructure announcement.

What are the challenges facing the government's AI action plan? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Russia, Iran & China all attempted to disrupt the US election via online disinfo, according to the head of Microsoft Threat Analysis. I had exclusive access to its nerve centre in NYC, as seen on BBC Six O’clock News.

He’s recently been jointly awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry, Google DeepMind CEO @demishassabis’s company has developed AI which can predict the structure of proteins, it could have a big effect on healthcare. Earlier this year I spoke to him about AI’s future.

As tensions mount in the Baltic Sea following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables between Finland and Germany, how can vital telecommunications infrastructure be protected around the clock? Autonomous military submarines could be the answer. My report for BBC News. youtu.be/JZ2GxOlryi4?...