Cold War Conversations: BRIXMIS and the Secret Cold War - Intelligence Collecting Operations Behind Enemy Lines in East Germany (362)

BRIXMIS and its operations behind enemy lines continue to fascinate the listeners of Cold War Conversations. In August 2024 I was honoured to be invited to the National Army Museum in London to int...

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The BBC’s constant cornucopia of trouble

Almost everyone is almost always cross with the UK’s public service broadcaster

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How to keep your dog safe in a heatwave

Heatwaves can be dangerous for our four-legged friends, so how can you keep yours safe?

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BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Trump, Putin and the new global order

Steve Rosenberg on how the rapprochement between the US and Russia is viewed in Moscow.

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Auld Lang Syne (original melody) - BBC remote musical collaboration

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

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How much text are Large Language Models trained on?

When I tell people that Large Language Models (LLMs), like the ones that power ChatGPT, are trained on a large amount of text, it’s hard to communicate quite how large a dataset we’re talking about.

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Is the NHS in the drug trial slow lane?

The struggle to fill places on a major Parkinson's trial

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Chatting to ChatGPT with live video

One of my AI predictions for last year was that “advances in computer vision will unlock new consumer use cases”.

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In The Bleak Midwinter - Ciaran and Steve (cello and piano)

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

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'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'

Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues.

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