Hacker News with Generative AI: BBC

BBC – Organizing music for organic discovery (bbc.co.uk)
Orbit is our pilot for a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song by exploring recently played tracks from BBC Introducing — the BBC’s platform for unsigned and undiscovered music.

Music Discovery, BBC, Music Streaming, Unsigned Music

38 points by PaulDavisThe1st 9 days ago | 4 comments

Representation of BBC News Content in AI Assistants [pdf] (bbc.co.uk)

Artificial Intelligence, News, Representation, BBC, Research

11 points by sohkamyung 50 days ago | 6 comments

Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury: festival 'under corporate control' of BBC (theguardian.com)
Neil Young has announced that he will not perform at Glastonbury this year, saying he believes the BBC’s involvement in the festival means it is “now under corporate control”.

Music, Festivals, BBC, Corporate Control, Neil Young

9 points by bookofjoe 90 days ago | 0 comments

30 years ago Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 – how did it do? (bbc.com)
In 1995, the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme decided to predict what the world would look like 30 years later, in 2025.

Technology, Predictions, Future, Media, BBC

6 points by neversaydie 92 days ago | 1 comments

Please do not write below the line (bbctvlicence.com)
I have been vexed for some time by the request at the bottom of each letter that I am not to write below the line.

BBC, Licensing, Humor

362 points by dcminter 164 days ago | 325 comments

BBC Weather app bug suggests hurricane winds in UK (bbc.co.uk)
The BBC Weather website and app are experiencing a data fault issue - leading to incorrect forecasts of hurricane force winds in the UK and across the globe.

Weather, Software Bugs, United Kingdom, BBC

11 points by LiamPa 175 days ago | 9 comments

BBC archive of 33,000 downloadable sound effects (bbcrewind.co.uk)

Sound Effects, Audio, BBC, Archive, Resources

5 points by gaws 182 days ago | 0 comments

You can now download over 33,000 sound effects from the BBC archive (djmag.com)
The BBC's sound effect library is now stocked up with over 33,000 samples to download for free.