Media highlights - 11 to 17 May 2024
Top story - Newsround joins Southampton experts to investigate the dangers of deepfake tech
• The BBC's flagship children's news show spoke to Dr Jennifer Williams on Highfield campus about how deepfakes and other AI tech can be used to impersonate celebs and deliberately mislead people.
Media coverage
• The TV segment can be watched on the Newsround website.
• Audio from Dr William's interview was also used across the BBC's regional radio stations – including BBC Jersey, Lancashire, Oxford and Cumbria.
Additional news clippings
• The NHS need to consider the real value of "wonder" weight-loss drug semaglutide before widely adopting it, Professor Richard Holt and Professor Keith Godfrey warned the Telegraph.
• Dame Wendy Hall spoke to BBC Radio 4's Today programme about the new version of ChatGPT which "sounds more human" and is able to "detect emotions".
• Professor Keith Godfrey warned the Mirror that although obesity in children has dipped since the pandemic, "obesity in older children is rising."
• BBC Online reported on a 2020 UoS study which showed that strong tidal currents around Alderney could provide high amounts of clean energy.
• The Daily Mail reported on Professor Simon Crabb's £3million Gusto trial which is looking at personalised cancer treatment.
• Professor John Denham spoke to Local Government Chronicle about plans for English devolution which he said "always promise a lot and deliver too little."
• Prof Denham's quotes were also used by the Guardian for an article about the "seismic" shift in politics if Labour ousts the Conservatives at the next election.
• Scientists from Southampton were part of a team that has created a sensor to detect lead contamination in drinking water, report Scienmag.
• The UK could become the "global foundation for the semiconductor industry," according to TechUK, because universities like Southampton are "developing a new generation of talent and upskilling the workforce."
• The Business Magazine ran our press release about the Southampton-led RAi UK awarding £12m to breakthrough AI projects.
• Our press release which revealed that heavily-used shipping lanes are threatening endangered whale sharks featured in the Southern Daily Echo.
• The story was also used by Earth.com and Phys.org with quotes from lead author Dr Freya Womersley.
• Quotes from Dr Michael Head about whooping cough - which is "more infectious than Covid-19" - were used by the Mail on Sunday and i newspaper.
The Conversation
• Why is whooping cough surging in the UK? Falling vaccination rates may be the answer - by Dr Michael Head.
• Exams: seven tips for coping with revision stress - by Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper.
• Reddit’s share price has held since it went public, but the firm’s unique structure could be its undoing - by Dr Larisa Yarovaya.