6 d. ago ‘Untranslatable’ Irish, Filipino and Malaysian words added to Oxford English Dictionary

Several world foods including otak-otak, lumpia and spice bag make the list

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7 d. ago From ‘class’ to ‘gigil’ – the new words added to the Oxford Dictionary from around the world

Several world foods including otak-otak, lumpia and spice bag make the list

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7 d. ago Full list of foods affected by new restrictions on unhealthy snacks in Welsh supermarkets

Soft drinks, chocolate and ice cream will be subjected to sales restrictions, as part of the new regulations passed by the Senedd

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7 d. ago Full list of 16 unhealthy foods hit by new supermarket ban in Wales

Soft drinks, chocolate and ice cream will be subjected to sales restrictions, as part of the new regulations passed by the Senedd

Society

8 d. ago New rules banning deals on unhealthy snacks sold in Welsh supermarkets pass Senedd

There will be restrictions on how and where foods which are high in fat, sugar and salt, can be sold and free re-fills on sugar-sweetened drinks found in restaurants or takeaways will also be banned

Economics

2 w. ago Campaigners name and shame unhealthiest snacks on supermarket shelves

Researchers found up to 9 in 10 of some types of snacks are so unhealthy they will be restricted from being advertised on TV and banned from being promoted on the internet under new laws.

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3 w. ago ‘OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving’ | Jeanette Winterson

I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needsChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’‘A machine-shaped hand’: Read a story from OpenAI’s new creative writing modelI think of AI as alternative intelligence. John McCarthy’s 1956 definition of artificial (distinct from natural) intelligence is old fashioned in a world where most things are either artificial or unnatural. Ultraprocessed food, flying, web-dating, fabrics, make your own list. Physicist and AI commentator, Max Tegmark, told the AI Action Summit in Paris, in February, that he prefers “autonomous intelligence”.I prefer “alternative” because in all the fear and anger foaming around AI just now, its capacity to be “other” is what the human race needs. Our thinking is getting us nowhere fast, except towards extinction, via planetary collapse or global war. Continue reading...

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