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MPs launch student loans inquiry amid ‘perfect storm’ for young people in UK

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Influential Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier says review follows growing concern over graduate debtUK firms struggling to hire young people amid cost pressures, MPs toldYoung adults in the UK face a “perfect storm” of economic challenges, the head of the influential Treasury select committee has warned as it launches an inquiry into student loans.The cross-party […]

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AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows

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Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checksAI chatbots are recommending illegal online casinos to vulnerable social media users, putting them at increased risk of fraud, addiction and even suicide.Analysis of five AI products, owned by some of the

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Schools are using AI counselors to track students’ mental health. Is it safe?

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As hundreds of schools implement an automated monitoring tool, educators say that students can find talking to chatbots ‘more natural’ than confiding in a human• Produced in partnership with EdSurgeThe alert came around 7pm.Brittani Phillips checked her phone. A middle school counselor in Putnam county, Florida, Phillips receives messages from an artificial intelligence-enabled therapy platform

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Hundreds of UK teenagers to pilot social media bans and restrictions

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Trials to form part of three-month consultation on Keir Starmer’s plans to tackle negative effects of smartphone useHundreds of teenagers will be enlisted to trial social media bans in the coming months with overnight digital curfews and daily screen time limits also tested as part of Keir Starmer’s plan to crack down on the negative

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Mumsnet campaign demands ban on social media for under-16s

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Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs Mumsnet has launched a campaign to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s featuring health warnings in the style of those on cigarette packets.The deliberately provocative national advertising campaign calls for all social media to be banned for children under

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Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services

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Tech equity campaigners compare move to ‘inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse’Ministers have called in Tony Blair’s thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across the UK government in a move campaigners compared to “inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse”.James Murray,

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Palantir deals are a threat to our data rights as UK citizens | Letters

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This US tech giant should not have been given NHS or Ministry of Defence contracts, writes Stephen Saunders. Plus a letter from Jan SavageFor 100 years, the UK government has led us through existential threats, including two world wars. But instead of resisting the latest threat to democratic accountability, it has welcomed it with open

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How Amul is using AI dairy farming to put 36 million farmers first

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AI dairy farming has found its most ambitious deployment yet – not in a Silicon Valley lab nor a European agri-tech campus, but in the villages of Gujarat, India, where 36 lakh (3.6 million) women milk producers are now being served by an AI assistant named Sarlaben. Amul, the world’s largest dairy cooperative, has launched

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What would happen to the world if computer said yes?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions asks whether we could cope with a world where computer gave up saying no …Readers reply: what would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?After years of computer saying no, and giving us all migraines and premature grey hair, I’m starting

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I’m worried my boyfriend’s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself | Annalisa Barbieri

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Overdependence on chatbots is a growing problem, and though your boyfriend’s ADHD may be a factor, he needs to find the root of his anxietyMy boyfriend of eight years, who is 44, has ADHD and runs his own business. He’s always struggled with admin and mundane tasks, but AI has revolutionised how he works. Now

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