“In some cases, it’s not perfect, but look at what you can do.
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you → ’ → what
That’s changing all the time.
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That → change → ?
“Somebody sent me a 50-minute episode of Doctor Who that was AI-generated the other day.
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that → send → Who
It’s pretty good.
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It → ’ → ?
“I mean, it’s not going to replace humans.
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it → mean → humans
So, everyone’s a creator.”
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everyone → ’ → ?
It comes after Brittin said on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that he would allow AI to present future programmes “within guardrails” and that the corporation wants to “experiment with this technology”.
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corporation → come → technology
The BBC announced plans in June for savings across the news, nations and content divisions which are set to deliver £160 million of £500 million in savings needed by 2028/29.
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which → announce → 2028/29
Around 2,000 jobs are expected to be cut as part of the process.
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jobs → expect → process
Brittin addressed the corporation’s financial difficulties, saying: “The money runs out at the end of next year unless we have a new charter, and obviously the way that the funding of the BBC through the licence fee is going means that it’s a flush.
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it → address → fee
“We need a new mechanism if we’re going to have the sort of scale of service media that we’ve had in the past.
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we → need → past
So, that’s all contributing to the jeopardy.”
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that → contribute → jeopardy
The corporation most recently announced 41 job losses at BBC Sport.
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corporation → announce → Sport
Brittin was asked by interviewer Kirsty Young why the BBC had chosen to announce its cuts gradually, rather than all at once.
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BBC → ask → cuts
He said: “Firstly, all of those changes involve people and their lives.
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all → say → people
“I’m having conversations with people whose jobs are at risk on a daily basis.
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jobs → have → basis
I’ve explained in detail why we’re in this position.
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we → explain → position
“It’s the same reasons that everyone is having to do the consolidation.”
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everyone → ’ → consolidation
He added: “I think the right principle is to tell people as soon as you can if there’s something coming to them and manage that in the best way you can for all people in their lives.
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you → add → lives
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“So, our approach has been, as we’re ready to kind of propose changes, to tell people, and that’s painful.
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that → read → people
But we can’t do any faster than we’re ready to do.”
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we → do → ?
Amid rapid technological change, Brittin remained positive in his long-term outlook and said he wants the BBC to “bring people together”.
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BBC → remain → people
Brittin took over the top job at the national broadcaster in May.
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Brittin → take → May
The former Google executive, who succeeded Tim Davie, is the first director-general since Greg Dyke in 2000 to take on the role without working at the BBC beforehand.
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who → succeed → BBC
Addressing his lack of experience in broadcasting, he said: “Obviously, I’ve got some experience in running very large, complicated organisations.
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I → address → organisations
That’s quite unusual among directors-general.
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That → ’ → directors
“You usually come up from within it, or you run a smaller organisation, but some experience of technology and the pace of changing how that’s changing behaviour, some experience of regulation and so on.
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that → come → regulation
“And, you know, I’ve got a love for the BBC, having grown up with it.”
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I → know → it
The BBC’s latest annual report detailed how the corporation’s financial outlook “deteriorated” in the second half of 2025.
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outlook → detail → 2025
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