British TV is at risk from artificial intelligence (AI) and from being “squeezed out” by overseas streaming giants, the BBC chief will warn.
In a speech on Tuesday, Tim Davie will say the future of the Beeb is at risk. He will warn the use of AI by foreign-owned social media platforms will become the “taste-makers of the future” and impact telly writers.
Mr Davie, the BBC’s director-general, is set to speak about the threat to British channels from the “new wave of technological change”. In the speech to the Royal Television Society, he will say: “British storytelling is at growing risk of being squeezed out in an extraordinarily competitive global media landscape.
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“We are in danger of allowing the UK’s world-class creative industries to be undermined and diminishing our unique cultural identity and its remarkable influence worldwide.” He will also promote the need for British channels to remain at the forefront of global TV markets.
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The broadcasting boss is expected to blame social media platforms for fuelling “polarisation and social division with US and Chinese algorithms the potential taste-makers of the future”. He will say: “Shared moments and unifying cultural experiences are increasingly rare.”
Mr Davie is due to add: “Misinformation is weakening our shared understanding of the world, undermining trust in our society and our democratic processes. “It leaves many of us wondering who and what we can believe.”
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The world’s largest and most used social media platforms are all Chinese or American, with an estimated 22 million Britons using TikTok at least once a month. A TikTok spokeswoman said it does not operate in China and added that the BBC has multiple accounts on the app.
The company has long denied it could be used as a tool of the Chinese government. US-owned Facebook, which has around three billion people users every month, highlighted a firm statement from last year saying that less than 3% of users’ feeds are made up of news content.
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