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The Treasury will commit £10m a year to studying the impact of AI on employment, alongside hundreds of millions of pounds for cyber security, British tech companies and domestic AI infrastructure. The announcement comes…
Collins announced that the exemptions would apply to nine agricultural products, including blueberries, potatoes, apples and seaweed. She added that many of the state's farmers rely on specialized equipment and materials…
And what a joy it is to see him careering about flirting with men 50 years his junior in Frank & Percy. In the drama, McKellen plays an older gent who chirpses much younger men he meets on grandad-themed dating websites…
Tesco is one of several UK supermarkets caught in a legal battle over allegations that it underpays its store workers, mainly women, compared with distribution centre workers, who are mostly men. The case, launched in…
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by about 3.5% on Friday to pass $117 a barrel at one point – its highest level since April. The jump came after Tehran said it would attack oil facilities, undersea…
Although the UK economy is on course to grow this year, the public finances leave little room for immediate generosity. We therefore expect a broadly neutral package that maintains the gradual fiscal tightening inherited…
Shareholders quashed the efforts of the Boaz Weinstein-run fund to take control of the £1.1bn investment trust by a narrow margin, with 52.8 per cent voting against Saba’s resolution to appoint three of its nominees to…
"At that time I was just on auto pilot, I was like a robot, I was not thinking clearly," he said. Chowdhury, 55, from east London, is accused of nine counts of fraud. He denies acting dishonestly or intending to make a…
The company behind some of the world’s most advanced AI models is expected to launch its consultancy firm by the end of the year, the Financial Times reported, set to be based in London and Berlin. The AI-focused firm…
In an all-company briefing and email on Friday morning, staff were told the title would rely increasingly on technology, data and AI to "reinvent the reader experience". Newsroom insiders said they expected as many as…