5 h. ago Starmer urged to make ‘populist case’ for workers’ rights reforms

Huge survey reveals employment rights overhaul popular with public despite many not knowing about billKeir Starmer must make the “populist case” for workers’ rights reforms, unions have said, after a new mega-poll suggested the reforms were the most popular of almost all policies but have extremely limited public recognition.The employment rights bill will return to the Commons on Monday with a pledge by senior government figures not to water down reforms to zero-hours contracts or new rights at work. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far

Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London  The Guardian

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1 week ago Levy on overseas students will hit towns outside South East England, report says

Research on local economies suggests Labour’s higher education policy is at odds with growth agenda

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1 week ago Overseas student levy to hamper growth beyond the South East, report warns

Research on local economies suggests Labour’s higher education policy is at odds with growth agenda

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1 week ago Cause of death revealed for US attorney who was found dead months after she quit as Trump was sworn in

Police previously said ‘detectives have found no evidence suggesting that her death was caused by anything other than natural causes’

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2 w. ago Elon Musk's own chatbot gave users advice on how to assassinate him

Musk's Grok chatbot has provided a 'meticulous and executable plan' to murder him including C4-like explosives and advice on concocting home-made drugs

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2 w. ago Elon Musk accuses Apple and OpenAI of ‘conspiring’ to suppress his rival AI chatbot Grok in antitrust lawsuit

The tech tycoon escalated his long-running feud with the makers of ChatGPT claiming his own products had been illegally ‘locked out’ of the market

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2 w. ago Musk’s AI startup sues OpenAI and Apple over anticompetitive conduct

Lawsuit accuses companies of ‘conspiracy to monopolize markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots’Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple over allegations that they are engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas court on Monday, accuses the companies of “a conspiracy to monopolize the markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots”.Musk had earlier this month threatened to sue Apple and OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, after claiming that Apple was “making it impossible” for any other AI companies to reach the top spot on its app store. Musk’s xAI makes the Grok chatbot, which has struggled to become as prominent as ChatGPT. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump says it will be ‘rough situation’ if Putin does not agree peace plan

US President Donald Trump suggested American aircraft could help European nations police a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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3 w. ago Victim satisfaction with police at historic low, survey suggests

Satisfaction levels were just 26% for victims of theft from the person.

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last month Trump officials wanted to give Musk’s xAI a huge contract. Staffers had to explain Grok had just praised Hitler

Elon Musk’s chatbot suffered an awkward glitch in July after an update to make it less ‘woke’ saw it spouting Nazi propaganda and issuing antisemitic proclamations

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