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Starwatch: Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies
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Starwatch: Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies

First recorded in 687BC, the meteoroids were once part of the tail of a comet discovered in 1861This week, the annual Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies. Although active since 16 April, t...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL
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‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL

Zoological Society of London commissions poet laureate for animation to mark its 200th anniversaryOver its two centuries, acclaimed writers and artists have found inspiration at London zoo, from Edwin...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI – podcast
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Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI – podcast

I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attackBy Peter C Baker. Read by A...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
AI minister Kendall says she doesn't use AI at work
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AI minister Kendall says she doesn't use AI at work

The Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary this week unveiled a £500m fund to boost British AI firms.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
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Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles

Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuelsThe price of new battery electric cars has fallen below petrol cars in the UK for the first...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK’s OnlyFans tops $3bn valuation amid talks to sell stake to US investor
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UK’s OnlyFans tops $3bn valuation amid talks to sell stake to US investor

Adult video platform to sell minority stake to increase stability after death of its owner Leonid RadvinskyBusiness live – latest updatesOnlyFans, the UK adult video platform, is in talks to sell a mi...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model
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Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model

Experts say Mythos potentially has an unprecedented ability to identify and exploit cyber-security weaknesses.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool
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Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool

Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Liz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment
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Liz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment

Technology secretary plays down fears over jobs and cyber security as stake taken in British startupThe UK technology secretary has urged the country to “make AI work for Britain”, brushing off fears...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped
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Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spy-tech company Palan...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say
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Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say

Heaven club neighbour admits offences under Licensing Act, as Met says fictitious AI-generated complaints a growing issue A businessman has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to shut...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
What are the UK government’s plans to regulate social media for under-16s?
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What are the UK government’s plans to regulate social media for under-16s?

As Keir Starmer tells tech bosses to make their sites safer, ministers are weighing up what they can doStarmer tells social media firms: ‘Things can’t go on like this’Keir Starmer has told social medi...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer tells social media firms: ‘Things can’t go on like this’
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Starmer tells social media firms: ‘Things can’t go on like this’

PM demands real world changes in Downing Street meeting with senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and XKeir Starmer has told social media bosses “things can’t go on like this” in a meeting about i...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Shoe brand Allbirds' shares rise 580% after it pivots from footwear to AI
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Shoe brand Allbirds' shares rise 580% after it pivots from footwear to AI

The company is selling off its shoe brand as it plans to shift to providing technology infrastructure.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds
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Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds

Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says reportChild victims of online sexual abuse are being inadequately protected from further h...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time
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MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time

Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting childrenMPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second tim...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool
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The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool

Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO MaxTV shows including The Pitt and a Game of Thrones spinoff have received age ratings i...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Snapchat owner cuts 1,000 jobs as says AI will reduce repetitive work
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Snapchat owner cuts 1,000 jobs as says AI will reduce repetitive work

The Snapchat owner is laying off around 16% of staff and withdrawn hundreds of open job roles.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert
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‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert

Narwhal Labs ad for ‘AI employee’ contains strapline: ‘She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise’A British AI company that recently secured millions of pounds of investment has been accu...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks
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Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks

The tech giant said it will punish sites that block back button navigation from June.

BBC News - UK6 months ago