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Canada invited to become EU’s first ‘associate member’ as Trump trade war intensifies
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Bank of England expected to leave interest rates on hold on Thursday as inflation hits 3.1%, and rents accelerate – business live
Soaring motor fuel costs have pushed UK inflation to a five-month high in August Full story: UK inflation rises to 3.1% as motor fuel prices jump by almost a quarter Worryingly, the cost of goods produced by UK factories rose at a faster rate in August too. Producer output prices – or the cost of goods at the ‘factory gate’ - rose by 3.7% in the year to August, up from 3.3% in July. “Rising crude oil and petrol prices increased both the annual cost of raw materials and the price of goods leaving factories respectively.” Continue reading...
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Ladbrokes owner prepares to cut 400 jobs weeks after profit boost
Entain, which also owns Coral and BetMGM, starts consultation process over customer care roles The Ladbrokes owner, Entain, has said it is preparing to cut 400 jobs, only weeks after the FTSE 100 business reported better than expected profit in its first half of the year. The gambling group, which also owns Coral and BetMGM, has started a consultation process that could remove one in five of its 2,000 customer care jobs. Continue reading...
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Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
Rotherham has 46 online vacancies for every 1,000 young people but there are 288 in Cotswold district council area Young people in Rotherham face a local jobs market with the fewest suitable opportunities in Britain, according to a report that warns stark regional divisions are fuelling a crisis in youth work. As ministers push to combat rising youth unemployment, the analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) showed young people faced a tougher challenge in some parts of the country to find work than in others. Continue reading...
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Intel, SK Hynix shares jump on report they're discussing U.S. memory chip manufacturing
The deal could be a big win for Intel which has been looking to gain marquee customers for its manufacturing, or foundry, business.
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‘We need to get it right’: union gusto for Burnham to face make-or-break tests
TUC conference rings with praise for new No 10 team, but battles loom over workers’ rights and north sea drilling Louise Haigh, the UK first secretary, got a standing ovation from trade union members in Brighton this week, as she acknowledged what she called “the necessity to be bolder in this second chance that we’ve been allowed”. Haigh was the stand-in at the annual TUC congress for Andy Burnham, absent because of his father’s death. Continue reading...
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‘Pacing’ won’t eliminate the risk of AI doom. Here’s what could | David Krueger
The stark reality is this: we don’t know how to maintain control of these systems. But there are actions we can take With Jacob Coxon’s resignation from Anthropic , we have reached the AI risk tipping point. Millions of people are finally coming to understand what experts have known for years: AI companies have been gambling with all of our lives, and the odds are not good. In response, the Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, has introduced a proposal for “pacing the frontier”, endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Can we breathe a sigh of relief? Are we about to step back from the edge of extinction? Amodei envisions a slowdown of one to two years, resulting in “profound progress” on technical safety measures. But that’s not what humanity needs right now. What we need is a plan in which we’re confident AI isn’t going to kill us, and this isn’t it. Continue reading...