Some BBC channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general says

Brittin took implicit arsenic BBC manager wide successful May aft a decennary arsenic president of Google successful Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Asked by Kuenssberg if helium would let a programme to beryllium made and presented by AI, Brittin replied: "I would do, wrong guardrails."

He added: "We privation to experimentation with this exertion and recognize what it tin and can't do, but I'm present due to the fact that I judge successful quality creativity.

"I don't deliberation thing we bash should beryllium replaced by AI. I deliberation determination are tons of places wherever AI tin assistance america marque the licence interest spell further, but besides assistance america successful our decision-making and creativity. But it's not a substitute for humans."

He besides warned of the information of a fistful of tech companies having excessively overmuch power implicit accusation successful the future.

"We're besides successful this infinitesimal wherever AI is successful takeoff. So I deliberation there's a information that six companies volition power entree to accusation successful aboriginal and the instauration of accusation and misinformation," helium said.

"Six companies, nary of them European, fto unsocial British. In that world, here's the BBC. It's the astir trusted organisation by implicit fractional a cardinal people."

Asked if helium trusted large tech companies helium replied: "There's a batch of platforms retired there, truthful I wouldn't spot immoderate level innately.

"And I deliberation what you bash is you support nether reappraisal however those things enactment and whether your contented tin amusement up successful the close spot and fulfil its mission.

"I deliberation the BBC and our apps and services should beryllium the antidote to the algorithm. Everywhere other you spell is driven by immoderate commercialized interest."

The afloat interrogation volition beryllium broadcast BBC One and iPlayer connected Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, connected 27 September, astatine 09:00 BST.