OpenAI open to slowing AI race as fears over losing control mount: report
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees at a company meeting this week that the firm was open to slowing development of its AI systems
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People just finding out a cardboard coffee cup sleeve has a proper name
Millions of us use them with no idea what they are called
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State pension issue effectively means some face 4 months without pension
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) highlighted analysis from Prospect
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Nine items UK households urged to stockpile as defence secretary issues alert
The government's Prepare campaign is urging every household to build an emergency kit and stockpile essential items
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‘Essential’ safety works to see about '100 to 120' dead or dying trees removed in Hampden Park
About 100 to 200 dead or dying ash trees will be removed in Hampden Park as part of essential safety works, Eastbourne Borough Council (EBC) has said.
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Helicopters and RNLI lifeboats race to save vessel from sinking off Anglesey
The boat was around 15 nautical miles north of Point Lynas on Anglesey when it began to take on water
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Mainoo looks primed for battle with Man City’s new-look midfield
Mainoo looks primed for battle with Man City’s new-look midfield
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Coatbridge primary school receives one of the best inspection reports in Scotland
St Stephen’s Primary School has been awarded ‘excellent’ ratings for Leadership of Change, Learning, Teaching and Assessment, and Ensuring Wellbeing, Equality and Inclusion, and ‘very good’ for Raising Attainment and Ac…
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Brock Purdy leads 49ers in stunning rout of Rams in NFL’s first Australia game
Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel caught touchdown passes from Brock Purdy, and the San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in the first NFL regular-season game in Australia
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TikTok safety feature left children exposed to inappropriate content, judge rules
A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that TikTok violated the state's consumer protection law by misleading users
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Fears for Northumberland resident missing after devastating flash floods in Nepal
Anirban Battacharyya has lived in Newbiggin by-the-Sea for decades and has not been heard from since the 'horrific' Nepal floods
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Schoolboy, 14, last seen in uniform and on pedal bike is missing
Police are appealing for help in finding Charlie Wilson who was last seen on Thursday morning
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Why extreme weather means Sheffield NHS will be busier in summer as well as winter
Heatwaves are causing pressure on services in the same way as snow and ice
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Bristol City Council leader rejects call to hand back £20k deputy mayor salary
Cllr Tony Dyer hit back at questions from a journalist
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Glam mum and boyfriend 'caught with ketamine' in Australia face new crime gang charges
Demi McDaid, 23, and her partner Jack Farrelly, 30, from Edinburgh, face charges after allegedly supplying a prohibited drug in a large commercial quantity.
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Just like riding a bike - five things to watch in the EFL
BBC Sport looks at five key talking points before the weekend's Championship, League One and League Two action.
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Man arrested after police shut M621 motorway near Leeds for almost three hours
The M621 was closed in both directions
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Glasgow council staff hit hard by new pay structure could be redeployed or retire
Pay rates will be protected until April 2028 but the new system still means that while 63% of the workers will gain financially, 11% will see their wages cut.
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New battery-powered trains to ‘bring faster journeys to the north’
No 10 says new fleet of trains built in Derby will support 6,000 jobs across UK A fleet of battery-powered trains is to be built to “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”, Downing Street has announced. The…
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Households urged to act now to secure mortgage deal before rates soar
Nicholas Mendes, of broker John Charcol, explained why households are at risk.
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