BBC to make major change to David Attenborough’s nature documentaries in the hope of cutting costs and competing with streaming giants [Video]

18:06 EDT 10 Oct 2024, updated 18:21 EDT 10 Oct 2024

David Attenborough‘s nature documentaries are set for a major change as the BBC camera crew is to be replaced by artificial intelligence technology.

The new robot cameras will independently read animals’ behaviour and log key scenes.

The cut in camera crews comes amid rising costs and competition from streaming channels.

The BBC’s natural history boss Sreya Biswas announced the corporation’s first hi-tech nature programme, called Spy in the Troop.

AI computer learning techniques have been built into existing spy creature cameras, which are disguised animatronics that move among groups of animals.

The gadgets will examine a troop of monkeys’ …