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If you've ever wondered what your dog's barks really mean, a new ' AI collar' claims to translate their noises with remarkable accuracy.

Philippa Roberts is telling me about the day she had her breasts removed. She was 19 years old. 'My mum said, "Are you happy?" and I burst into tears.' Philippa was not happy.

Emergency services attended Gloucester Avenue in Whitefield, Bury, on Monday evening, with an air ambulance seen landing at nearby Victoria Park.

Man found ‘cowering’ in swamp after 100mph A13 police chase caught by police dog Kaiser.

Man found ‘cowering’ in swamp after 100mph A13 police chase caught by police dog Kaiser.

Abid Hussain had been proud to park his brand new top-of-the-range £43,000 Volvo in front of his home when he first bought it. But the electric vehicle has been a 'total disaster on all fronts'.

It was Blake's wife who came to see me first - not because he had asked her to, but because she didn't know what else to do.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Pope Leo XIV on Monday set out a sweeping vision for corporate executives, politicians and individuals who will shape and be shaped by the future of artificial intelligence, warning leaders to safeguard humanity from A.I.'s most disruptive effects. Leo's declaration came in the form of a papal encyclical, an open letter to "all people of good will" that ran to roughly 42,300 words in its English version. It outlined his desire to protect human dignity and agency in an age in which technology threatens to replace humans in many professional and social roles. He presented it alongside Christopher Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, a major A.I. developer, in a symbolic gesture of dialogue between leaders of the spiritual and technological worlds. While emphasizing that "technology should not be considered, in itself, as a force antagonistic to humanity," he wrote that "the pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs." Among other things, Leo called for: - government regulation of the private companies that are driving the development of A.I. - protection and retraining for workers whose jobs are threatened - education to help students think critically about the technology - action to protect children from violent, hypersexualized or fake information online that is often generated by A.I. - safeguards to ensure that humans, not artificial intelligence, remain responsible for all decisions regarding the use of weapons. Above all he emphasized the importance of retaining a fundamental social role for all human beings. "A society that guarantees employment to only a small fraction of the population, despite having a high level of technical development, risks exposing many to forced inactivity," he wrote. "This creates a paradox of material progress and anthropological regression that undermines the foundations of a just and stable social peace," he added. Anthropic's Christopher Olah said companies like his own need moral guidance to avoid being swayed by "a set of incentives and constraints that can sometimes conflict with doing the right thing." "We need moral voices that the incentives cannot bend," Olah said. "Today is just the beginning -- the start of a long collaboration between those of us who are building this and those who can see what we, from the inside, cannot."

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It would be an unmanned facility operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Johnny Ball no longer has his Beatles moptop but the 88-year-old has lost none of his lightning acumen with mental arithmetic.

A road in an Essex village was closed following an emergency incident earlier today with fire crews tackling a blaze.

A road in an Essex village was closed following an emergency incident earlier today with fire crews tackling a blaze.

The former England striker is to curtail his time in Italy following Cremonese's relegation from the top flight to Serie B.

Daniel Broch, who founded the Everyman Cinema Group, wants to convert the 59ft by 26ft concrete structure in upmarket Blakeney in Norfolk.

Prosecutors said Vickrum Digwa, 23, was 'skilled' with blades when he came to murder Henry Nowak, 18, having trained with weapons since he was 12.

Janice Nix, 67, from south London, is facing a return to jail after being convicted of killing her stepdaughter Andrea Bernard, five, in 1978. Police said the former drug dealer 'thought she had got away with it'.

Emergency services scrambled to Rother Valley Park in Rotherham, Yorkshire, shortly before 7pm on Monday as temperatures soared beyond 30C.

The former deputy prime minister, 46, was seen soaking up the sun on Bank Holiday Monday with her topless ex-MP boyfriend Sam Tarry, 43.

After spending the entire winter longing for the summer's warmth, Britons usually end up complaining that it's too hot - particularly when they're trying to sleep. 

Andrew's running costs grew so bulky he was given the nickname 'Air Miles Andy' while serving as special representative for international trade and investment.