AI CONFIDENTIAL: PROFESSOR HANNAH FRY TO FRONT NEW BBC SERIES

Professor Hannah Fry investigates extraordinary tales from the front lines of the AI revolution in this brand new 3 x 60 series for BBC iPlayer and BBC Two.

Artificial intelligence has already begun transforming our lives at break-neck speed – and it’s caused some incredible and sometimes shocking true-life stories as a result.

Broadcaster and mathematician Prof Hannah Fry is going to meet the people whose lives have been impacted by this technology in huge ways – from falling in love with an AI chatbot, to life and death decisions made by robots, to the people whose lives have been upended by Silicon Valley corporations.

Taking a deep-dive into some of the most extraordinary human stories emerging from the world of AI, meeting key individuals whose lives have been transformed by this new technology for better or for worse.

And investigating everything from ‘grief tech’ to driverless cars, this hugely entertaining and deeply enlightening new series will see Hannah grapple with some of the most important questions of our time, through some of the most thrilling untold stories of recent years.

AI Confidential has been commissioned by Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual and the BBC Commissioning Editor is Tom Coveney. The Series Director is Harriet Bird, who previously made Hannah’s Grierson award-winning documentary, Making Sense of Cancer’, and the Series Producer is Vikki Miller. It is Executive Produced by Charlie Russell and Dov Freedman for Curious Films. It is co-produced by The Open University.