{"id":24582,"date":"2026-02-11T12:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/hannah-fry-investigates-ai-stories-in-new-bbc-two-series\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:32:30","slug":"hannah-fry-investigates-ai-stories-in-new-bbc-two-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/hannah-fry-investigates-ai-stories-in-new-bbc-two-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Fry Investigates AI Stories in New BBC Two Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>AI Confidential with Hannah Fry<\/em>, a three-part series investigating the impact of AI, is set to premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on February 23.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcaster and mathematician Hannah Fry will meet with people whose lives have been impacted by AI 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.<\/p>\n<p><em>AI Confidential<\/em> is co-produced by The Open University.<\/p>\n<p>The second episode of the series will air during the BBC\u2019s AI Unpacked Week, a week full of programming examining artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI Unpacked Week builds on the BBC\u2019s work on educating U.K. audiences about AI and its place in society,\u201d said Kate Phillips, chief content officer. \u201cAcross TV, radio and digital, we have a range of dedicated AI programming to inform and excite audiences about the rise of this new technology\u2014from grief tech in <em>EastEnders<\/em> to a <em>Panorama<\/em> special on the advance of robotics to BBC Bitesize guides for teenagers. 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