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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityBusinessMarket DataEconomyYour MoneyCompaniesTechnology of BusinessCEO SecretsArtificial IntelligenceGoogle looks to AI paywall option – reportPublished9 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersBy Jemma DempseyBBC NewsGoogle, the search engine used by more than a billion people around the world, is reported to be considering charging for premium content generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The company, owned by Alphabet Inc, is said to be revamping its business model and looking at putting some of its core product behind a paywall. It would be the first time Google had charged for any of its content. Google said it did not have anything to announce “right now”.According to the Financial Times (FT) it is said to be looking at whether to add certain AI-powered search features to its premium subscription services which already offer access to its new AI assistant called Gemini, Google’s version of the viral chatbot ChatGPT. Executives have reportedly not yet made a decision when or whether to move ahead with the technology but the FT said engineers were developing the know-how needed to deploy the service.Google’s traditional search engine would remain free of charge but would continue to appear with ads alongside searched-for content, which subscribers would also see, the FT said. Google has faced challenges coming to grips with the AI revolution – earlier this year Gemini, which can answer questions in text form but also generate pictures in response to text prompts, stoked controversy after it mistakenly created an image of the US Founding Fathers including a black man.It also generated German soldiers from World War Two, incorrectly featuring a black man and an Asian woman.Why Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fixGoogle apologised and immediately “paused” the tool, saying it was “missing the mark”. However, the company is still number one for the majority of internet users when it comes to searching for information. According to the global market research company Statista, Google has dominated the desktop search engine market since 2015 with a solid 80%+ of internet users. Various websites suggest it has more than a billion daily users. The majority of Google’s revenues are generated through advertising. Its parent company, Alphabet, is one of the biggest internet companies worldwide with a 2023 valuation of $1.6tn (£1.26tn), according to Statista.But it has diversified and now offers mail, productivity tools, enterprise products and mobile devices, among other ventures, and in 2023 it earned revenues of approximately $305.6bn (£241bn)In a statement issued to the BBC, Google said it was “not working on or considering an ad-free search experience”. “As we’ve done many times before, we’ll continue to build new premium capabilities and services to enhance our subscription offerings across Google,” the search giant said. “We don’t have anything to announce right now.”Related TopicsGoogleArtificial intelligenceMore on this storyWhy Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fixPublished28 FebruaryGoogle denies Gmail is shutting down after viral hoaxPublished23 FebruaryTop StoriesCharity boss says Israel targeted staff ‘car by car’Published2 hours agoJeremy Bowen: The Israel-Gaza war is at a crossroadsPublished9 hours agoDozens trapped and 900 injured in Taiwan earthquakePublished6 hours agoFeaturesJeremy Bowen: The Israel-Gaza war is at a crossroadsWho were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?What we know about Israeli strike on aid convoySunak facing pressure over UK arms sales to IsraelBonsai and bowing: Japan’s royal family join InstagramChina will have 300 million pensioners. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaWorld Central Kitchen founder José Andrés says Israel targeted staff in Gaza ‘car by car’Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Video shows World Central Kitchen vehicles destroyed in Gaza air strikeWorld Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car by car”.Monday’s strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said, repeating that Israeli forces had been told of their movements.WCK workers from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK and the US were killed as well as their Palestinian colleague.Israel says the strike was a “grave mistake” and has apologised.It has also promised an independent investigation. According to the charity, the aid convoy was hit while leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, “where the team had unloaded more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route”.The convoy was made up of three vehicles, including two that were armoured, which clearly displayed the charity’s logo. All three were hit during the strike.Speaking to Reuters news agency on Wednesday, the Spanish-American celebrity chef said this was not a “bad luck situation where, ‘oops,’ we dropped the bomb in the wrong place”. Jeremy Bowen: The Israel-Gaza war is at a crossroadsIn a separate interview with Israel’s Channel 12 news, Mr Andrés said “it was really a direct attack on clearly marked vehicles whose movements were known by everybody at the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”.Image source, World Central KitchenImage caption, WCK released pictures of the victimsThe bodies of six of the dead WCK workers have since been taken from Gaza into Egypt to be repatriated. Their Palestinian colleague was buried in his hometown in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Tuesday.Humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is in doubt after WCK – a key provider of aid to the territory – suspended operations.The UN announced it was pausing movements at night for at least 48 hours to evaluate the security situation.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the strike as unintentional.”It happens in war, we check it to the end, we are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again,” Mr Netanyahu said on Tuesday.IDF Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi called the incident a “grave mistake” and said “it shouldn’t have happened,” blaming the strike on misidentification.US President Joe Biden has condemned the strike, accusing Israel of not doing enough to protect aid workers.”The United States has repeatedly urged Israel to deconflict their military operations against Hamas with humanitarian operations, in order to avoid civilian casualties,” Mr Biden said.Three of the killed aid workers were British nationals. A Polish national, an Australian, a Palestinian and a dual US-Canadian citizen were also killed.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Mr Netanyahu on Tuesday. On the call, he described the situation in Gaza as “increasingly intolerable” and “demanded a thorough and transparent independent investigation” into the killing of the aid workers.Mr Sunak added that Israel needed to end restrictions on humanitarian aid and protect civilians, according to a Downing Street statement.In other reaction:Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had “expressed Australia’s anger and concern” in a long phone call with Mr Netanyahu, and that he expected a “full and proper explanation for how this has occurred”Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said he had demanded an independent investigation from Israel Katz, his Israeli counterpartCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “full accountability” was needed, adding that it was “absolutely unacceptable for aid workers to be killed” by the IDFBBC VERIFY: What do we know so far?WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: Facing danger to feed millionsANALYSIS: Deadly strike shows aid workers’ protection in crisis, agencies sayPROFILES: Who were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?Four days ago, WCK said that it had distributed 42 million meals in the Gaza Strip – dispatching more than 1,700 food trucks and also sending close to 435,000 meals by sea.According to Cogat, the Israeli defence ministry body in charge of civilian policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, WCK is responsible for 60% of the non-governmental aid getting into the territory.A second charity, the American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera), which was working closely with WCK, told the BBC it was also freezing its operations in Gaza.More than 196 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October, according to the US-funded Aid Worker Security Database, which records major incidents of violence against aid personnel. Not all have been killed in the line of duty.Much of the Gaza Strip has been devastated during the Israeli military operations that began after Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages.About 130 of the hostages remain in captivity, at least 34 of whom are presumed dead.More than 32,916 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the Hamas-run health ministry says.Related TopicsMiddle EastIsrael-Gaza warIsraelGazaUnited StatesPolandCanadaAustraliaMore on this storyWhat we know about Israeli strike on aid convoyPublished10 hours agoDeadly strike shows aid workers’ protection in crisis, agencies sayPublished1 day agoWho were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?Published7 hours agoBritons killed in Gaza remembered as heroesPublished2 hours agoTop StoriesCharity boss says Israel targeted staff ‘car by car’Published1 hour agoJeremy Bowen: The Israel-Gaza war is at a crossroadsPublished8 hours agoDozens trapped and 900 injured in Taiwan earthquakePublished5 hours agoFeaturesJeremy Bowen: The Israel-Gaza war is at a crossroadsWho were the seven aid workers killed in Gaza?What we know about Israeli strike on aid convoySunak facing pressure over UK arms sales to IsraelBonsai and bowing: Japan’s royal family join InstagramChina will have 300 million pensioners. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaHaiti gangs: More than 50,000 flee capital after surge in violencePublished5 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The area near the National Palace has been largely deserted after raging gun battlesBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsTens of thousands of people have fled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to escape a surge in gang violence over the past weeks.United Nations figures suggest more than 53,000 left between 8-27 March.The UN is warning that the rural regions to which many have fled are not equipped to deal with such a large influx of displaced people.Meanwhile, gangs are attacking businesses in the capital, torching pharmacies and vandalising schools.Haiti’s national police succeeded in repelling an attack on the presidential palace on Monday but armed men stormed the nearby State University of Haiti hospital, known by its initials HUEH, to use it as their command centre. HUEH had closed last month due to the violence and was meant to reopen on Monday. Image caption, The hospital had already been forced to closed by gang violenceThe damage caused by the gangs is likely to further delay its reopening.Access to healthcare, which was already severely restricted, has become even more difficult after armed men looted a hospital in the Delmas 18 neighbourhood and the Saint-Martin health centre last week.Criminal gangs control not only the main port in Port-au-Prince but also many of the city’s access roads, making it difficult to transport medical supplies.While the situation in the capital’s hospitals is dire, the UN has warned that the arrival of tens of thousands of displaced people in rural areas poorly equipped to deal with it also poses severe challenges.Most of those fleeing Port-au-Prince have headed south, to areas which are still ravaged by the 2021 earthquake, which killed more than 2,000 people.”It should be emphasized that [these] provinces do not have sufficient infrastructure and host communities do not have sufficient resources that can enable them to cope with these massive displacement flows coming from the capital,” the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.While Haiti has been facing a humanitarian crisis for years, the recent surge in violence started at the end of February when Prime Minister Ariel Henry travelled to Kenya to seal a deal for the African nation to lead a multinational security force.Is my family still alive? The daily question for HaitiansThe gangsters and rebels jostling over power in HaitiHow gangs came to dominate HaitiThe capital’s warring criminal gangs united in an uneasy alliance to oust the prime minister. Mr Henry was prevented from returning to the country as the gangs attacked the international airport, forcing its closure.He agreed last month to step aside as soon as transitional presidential council was created.The council issued its first official statement last week, promising to restore “public and democratic order”, but it has yet to take any concrete actions.Meanwhile, violent attacks in the capital resumed this week after a relative lull over Easter. Related TopicsHaitiPort-au-PrinceGangsMore on this storyHaiti’s children caught in gang violence ‘cataclysm’Published5 days agoHow gangs came to dominate HaitiPublished4 MarchTop StoriesLive. 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