1 hour ago ‘It cannot provide nuance’: UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe

Experts say such tools may give dangerous advice and more oversight is needed, as Mark Zuckerberg says AI can plug gapHaving an issue with your romantic relationship? Need to talk through something? Mark Zuckerberg has a solution for that: a chatbot. Meta’s chief executive believes everyone should have a therapist and if they don’t – artificial intelligence can do that job.“I personally have the belief that everyone should probably have a therapist,” he said last week. “It’s like someone they can just talk to throughout the day, or not necessarily throughout the day, but about whatever issues they’re worried about and for people who don’t have a person who’s a therapist, I think everyone will have an AI.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The UK regions where almost 50% of people could be ‘unable to afford basic needs in retirement’

Pension savings levels have failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living, according to a new report

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16 h. ago Nearly two in five ‘at risk of being unable to afford basic needs in retirement’

Pension savings levels have failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living, according to a new report

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16 h. ago Worrying number of people won't be able to afford basic retirement

Researchers at Scottish Widows used the retirement living standards set out by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) and increased the thresholds in line with inflation

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6 d. ago Cost of living and online safety among top concerns for young Londoners

Over 70 per cent of teens are more concerned about the rising cost of living now than they were a year ago

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6 d. ago Parents 'worried for the kids' as people share list of potential baby names

A woman encouraged people to share a list of baby names that they didn't end up using, but loved, and some of them are more shocking and outlandish than you could ever imagine

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2 w. ago ‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling

Thousands gather in Parliament Square in a show of unity after supreme court judgmentAfter last week’s supreme court decision, activists had been worried that trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused.They weren’t afraid in London on Saturday. Thousands of trans and non-binary people thronged Parliament Square, alongside families and supporters, waving baby blue, white and pink flags to demonstrate their anger at the judges’ ruling. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NHS has to change transwomen patient guidance as new rules loom after court ruling, says equalities watchdog

Trans men and women are ‘worried that people are coming after their right to exist’, an MSP has said following the Supreme Court’s ruling

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2 w. ago Trans community ‘worried people are coming after their right to exist’, says MSP

The Supreme Court handed down its judgment on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act on Wednesday.

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