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Arthritis sufferers could get relief from their painful symptoms by using weight-loss jabs, a study has found.

It may sound trivial, but experts warn that a long-term itch should never be dismissed. It can be a warning sign of an underlying condition such as liver disease, type 2 diabetes or even cancer...

An anonymous reader shared this article from the Washington Post: A student taking an online quiz sees a button appear in their Chrome browser: "homework help." Soon, Google's artificial intelligence has read the question on-screen and suggests "choice B" as the answer. The temptation to cheat was suddenly just two clicks away Sept. 2, when Google quietly added a "homework help" button to Chrome, the world's most popular web browser. The button has been appearing automatically on the kinds of course websites used by the majority of American college students and many high-schoolers, too. Pressing it launches Google Lens, a service that reads what's on the page and can provide an "AI Overview" answer to questions — including during tests. Educators I've spoken with are alarmed. Schools including Emory University, the University of Alabama, the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at Berkeley have alerted faculty how the button appears in the URL box of course sites and their limited ability to control it. Chrome's cheating tool exemplifies Big Tech's continuing gold rush approach to AI: launch first, consider consequences later and let society clean up the mess. "Google is undermining academic integrity by shoving AI in students' faces during exams," says Ian Linkletter, a librarian at the British Columbia Institute of Technology who first flagged the issue to me. "Google is trying to make instructors give up on regulating AI in their classroom, and it might work. Google Chrome has the market share to change student behavior, and it appears this is the goal." Several days after I contacted Google about the issue, the company told me it had temporarily paused the homework help button — but also didn't commit to keeping it off. "Students have told us they value tools that help them learn and understand things visually, so we're running tests offering an easier way to access Lens while browsing," Google spokesman Craig Ewer said in a statement.

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Hundreds of British service personnel fought and gave their lives to bring peace and security to Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

She is the woman credited with bringing a smile to the face of Eamonn Holmes as his 14-year marriage to Ruth Langsford came to a bitter end last year.

The actor, who was best known for playing Matthew Crawley in the period drama, is currently busy promoting his latest film Swiped alongside Lily James .

The first time Peter Mandelson resigned, I was Treasurer of a beleaguered Conservative Party that needed all the cheering up it could get. Pictured: Lord Ashcroft

Strictly returned last night with all eyes on love rat Thomas Skinner as it was revealed he had been partnered with one of the nation's sweethearts, Amy Dowden.

Elke Piro, 69, who alongside her husband, was acquainted with the sex offender for years, told police about Arade Dam where the paedophile would disappear 'for a week at a time' to in 2023.

News about the account on X, named @kemicountdown, follows a week in which the Tory leader was hit by a fresh wave of defections to Reform UK.

The Beast (pictured) has become known just as well for his womanising as for his fast quiz answers on The Chase. But since turning 60, he is no longer bothered.

It is understood that senior Met officers 'acted on their own initiative' to offer him protection while he was in the capital (pictured) for the WellChild Awards.

Sir Keir's political opponents have been lining up to lambast him for effectively making law-abiding citizens pay the price for his Government's failure to tackle the migration crisis.

Mr Darcy is better known for striding moodily out of lakes than going for a run. But for Lowden (pictured), returning from paternity leave to play Jane Austen's hero, being in shape is part of the job.

The condition, known as aortic valve stenosis, occurs when a crucial valve in the heart narrows, reducing blood flow to the body.

Analysis has suggested so many people are asking for weight-loss drugs (pictured, file photo) that GPs are spending more time rejecting prescription requests than granting them.

Peering out of the window we saw strange flashing lights and a formless shape just beyond the Voyager's 200ft wing. Its dark outline loomed into view revealing a Top Gun pilot in a RAF Typhoon.

Strange as it may seem, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Sarah Ferguson . I've met her a few times, and she's never been anything but friendly, full of beans and generally rather fun.

Here's what you need to know about tax-free lump sums, before you make an irreversible decision.

Flight logs obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Energy Secretary's (pictured) ministers boarded 24 domestic flights in under a year.