young people
A Dating App Is Offering 'Chivalry Mode' and 'Marriage Timeline' to Get Gen Z Married
A Dating App Is Offering'Chivalry Mode' and'Marriage Timeline' to Get Gen Z Married Upward, a newly relaunched Christian app, is pitching trad values to a generation that barely even dates. When Adreanna Pulliam signed up for the Christian dating app Upward over the summer, she was prepared to come across men who identified as hyperconservative. So when she swiped on a guy's profile that listed "a progressive donkey or a ' Trump is King' elephant" as his relationship deal-breaker, she was shocked. "I hadn't expected to see a moderate libertarian" on the app, she says. It only got more bizarre from there.
Armed police swoop as man, 61, arrested for murder and woman in car crash dies
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman who crashed her car died. South Wales Police said the woman, 47, from North Cornelly, Bridgend, crashed into a wall on Coity Road at about 12:43 BST on Monday. But the force said she had suffered injuries unrelated to the crash. It followed armed police swooping on a nearby sheltered housing retirement complex, Ger-y-Nant, where the man was arrested. There remains a heavy police presence in the area, including six officers, police cars and vans.
How West Midlands shed its gun crime capital label
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. More than 10 years ago, the West Midlands was dubbed the gun crime capital of England and Wales. It was an area suffering from high-profile shootings. Gun fights between rival gangs were happening regularly. Figures at the time reflected that notoriety - there were more firearms offences per head in the West Midlands Police force area than anywhere else.
Child safety group calls ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk
When OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teens this past August, child safety experts Engadget spoke to at the time expressed skepticism that the new mode would adequately protect young people from harm. Now, one of those groups, Common Sense Media, has published a formal risk assessment of the software, and deemed it an "unacceptable risk" for all children under the age of 18. "Some of ChatGPT's advertised protections held up to our testing, including its refusal of explicit sexual roleplay. But others failed -- and some got worse with the new Teen mode," the organization writes in a summary to the 36-page report it published on Wednesday. "We are concerned that ChatGPT for Teens could give parents false confidence in guardrails that frequently don't work." Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute, which is funded in part by the OpenAI Foundation, identified five key areas where ChatGPT for Teens either did not work as advertised or in a way a parent would reasonably expect.
Scotland's first AI subject teacher warns pupils: Don't trust everything it tells you
Scotland's first AI teacher warns pupils: Don't trust everything it tells you To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some teenagers are already using artificial intelligence to tackle homework, revise for exams and sharpen coursework. Others are steering clear of it completely. At one Scottish school, staff have decided that pretending AI doesn't exist is not an option. Mearns Castle High School in East Renfrewshire is believed to be the first school in the UK to appoint a dedicated principal teacher of AI literacy, creating a role focused entirely on helping pupils and staff understand the risks and benefits of the powerful new technology.
Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn't play along Ella Hafermalz
'OpenAI could soon be selling young people a one-stop-shop for learning, credentials and a job, all heavily dependent on its tools.' 'OpenAI could soon be selling young people a one-stop-shop for learning, credentials and a job, all heavily dependent on its tools.' Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. AI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work. Soon they may claim it entirely, a disastrous result for students. We know that students are using AI at school and at university. In conversations with those I teach, I'm struck by the trust many place in it.
'Culture shift' needed in how UK does business, PM urges
'Culture shift' needed in how UK does business, PM urges The UK needs a culture shift in how it does business, Andy Burnham has said ahead of a meeting with some of the UK's biggest bosses. The prime minister said those who take risks in business should be backed by government and local leaders should have the power to work with businesses. The current Labour government has been criticised for increasing costs for businesses, such as with the employer national insurance and minimum wage changes under Burnham's predecessor Sir Keir Starmer. Downing Street said Burnham will meet with the chief executives of BP, Shell, HSBC, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, BT, Vodafone, Rolls-Royce, and several others at Number 10. Ahead of the meeting, Burnham said he would give people the confidence that if they have a great idea, they'll get all the support they need to bring it to life.
Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like
Questions mount over what an AI'slowdown' would look like There has been no shortage of warnings from AI's top bosses about existential threats over the years. I attended the world's first AI safety summit in Bletchley Park in November 2023 where the focus was on the most serious threats imaginable, posed by the most powerful AI models. At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams. Three years later, many of those same voices don't seem to be so sure. On Saturday head of AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, urged the pace of development to be slowed down - the bosses of two rival AI firms, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk said they agreed with him.