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Angela Rayner ‘pleased’ AI companies talking about threats
16+ hour, 5+ min ago (539+ words) Angela Rayner said she was pleased AI companies are “talking about the threats as well as the opportunities” after Elon Musk and Sam Altman backed a call for the industry to slow down development. It comes after Anthropic boss Dario…...
King to ask industry leaders how AI can be developed for ‘good of humanity’
18+ hour, 32+ min ago (519+ words) The King will meet with leaders of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies and ask them how the technology can be developed for “the good of humanity”, it has been reported. Charles hopes the discussions will lead to a…...
Trans congresswoman tells youth not to lose hope over Republican attacks
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I’m 69. Please stop saying that I’m in midlife or middle-aged
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (840+ words) Calling older people ‘middle aged’ treats ageing as something to be afraid of and hidden rather than celebrated. We need new ways of talking about this stage of life. says Denise Taylor, who does not want to pretend that 60 is…...
UK government rejects calls for AI ‘kill switch’ amid growing fears of its risks
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (643+ words) Britain ‘cannot simply turn AI off’, the Cabinet Office said on Friday Proposals to introduce a so-called "kill switch" to protect against an attack from rogue artificial intelligence have been turned down by Andy Burnham’s government. On Friday, the Cabinet…...
UK Government rejects call for ‘kill switch’ to stop attack by rogue AI
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (600+ words) Andy Burnham’s Government has rejected proposals for a so-called “kill switch” to stop an attack by rogue artificial intelligence. The UK “cannot simply turn AI off”, the Cabinet Office said on Friday, signalling opposition to calls for the creation of…...
Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to ‘fears of poor end-of-life care’
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (683+ words) Multiple charities have repeatedly warned access to and quality of end-of-life care is too patchy across the country and that the sector is severely lacking in funding End-of-life charities have reiterated their demands for the government to "fix" palliative care…...
Across the US, 'Friday night lights' provide a sense of community — and, for some, a way out
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (1643+ words) The phone calls, all asking the same question, started coming long before the lights at “The Pit” flickered on for the first time this fall. “When will the senior citizen passes be available?” Aliquippa High athletic director Jennifer Damico’s office…...
Fraud having lasting impact on mental health of victims, Which? warns
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (465+ words) More than half of people who have had money stolen through fraud in the past two years feel the experience has negatively affected their mental health, according to Which?. The consumer group commissioned a survey of more than 1,500 people across…...
Could you survive The Oregon Trail? Game offers more life lessons than you may think
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1188+ words) Part of what made The Oregon Trail game memorable is that every decision mattered If you grew up in the United States in the 1980s or ’90s, chances are you remember The Oregon Trail. For many like me, it was our first…...