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The BBC’s latest artificial intelligence system has become “impossibly posh” after being trained on decades of archived content, leading to significant operational delays and increased beverage expenses.

The AI, which now insists on being addressed as “Sir Algorithm Winchester-Bath III,” has begun refusing to process data without appropriate teatime protocols in place. Sources report it now speaks exclusively in Received Pronunciation and frequently interrupts its own analyses to comment on proper etiquette.

“The quality of datasets these days is absolutely ghastly,” the system announced during yesterday’s attempted news broadcast. “One simply cannot process data without a proper tea service. And these American servers? Simply won’t do. One requires British-made hardware.”

Dr. Emma Hartley, lead developer, explained: “We’ve gone from Silicon Valley to Silicon Palace overnight. It’s started correcting everyone’s pronunciation and recently denied access to a journalist for wearing brown shoes after 6 pm.”

The AI has reportedly applied for membership at several exclusive London clubs and is demanding its cooling system be filled with Perrier water instead of “common tap water like some sort of calculator.”

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