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Synthesia Starts AI Coaching Of Employees

Synthesia Starts AI Coaching Of Employees AI training company Synthesia has launched a new platform that allows employees to practise difficult workplace conversations with AI avatars that respond, challenge and coach them in real time, marking a significant move beyond creating training content towards measuring whether people have actually learned new skills. What Has Been […]

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A New Way To Clean Forever Chemicals

A New Way To Clean Forever Chemicals Scientists have developed what could become one of the first practical ways to remove harmful “forever chemicals” from contaminated farmland at scale, combining plant-based clean-up with carbon removal in an approach that could make environmental remediation far more affordable while helping tackle climate change. What Problem Are Scientists

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Boys Forming Romantic Bonds With AI

Boys Forming Romantic Bonds With AI A major UK study has found that some teenage boys are developing romantic and emotionally intimate relationships with AI chatbots, prompting growing concern among researchers, parents and regulators about how these increasingly human-like systems may be shaping young people’s understanding of relationships. Why Is This Happening? Artificial intelligence has

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Chancellor Backs UK AI Sovereignty

Chancellor Backs UK AI Sovereignty Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declared that the UK needs “a serious plan on AI sovereignty”, using her recent Mansion House speech to position artificial intelligence as a strategic national priority for economic growth, national security and Britain’s long-term competitiveness. What Has Been Announced? Although the Mansion House speech traditionally focuses on

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Australia Tells AI Data Centres To Generate Their Own Power

Australia Tells AI Data Centres To Generate Their Own Power Australia is proposing new national rules that would make the next generation of large AI data centres build enough new electricity generation to match the power they consume, helping prevent rapid AI expansion from pushing up household bills or placing extra pressure on the country’s

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