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independent.co.uk > news > world > americas > willis-towers-watson-lawsuit-boston-lockton-b3047620.html

18 insurance agents quit just minutes apart. Now, their former employer is suing them

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (414+ words) The departing workers generated more than $5 million in annual revenue for Willis Towers Watson, according to court documents Global insurance brokerage and risk management firm Willis Towers Watson has filed a lawsuit in Boston after 18 employees resigned within 44 minutes and…...

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independent.co.uk > news > world > americas > laundromat-giant-largest-huge-chicago-berwyn-activities-b3035329.html

Free pizza, an aviary and Santa: Welcome to the world’s largest laundromat

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (989+ words) A laundromat outside of Chicago has more than 300 machines and never closes. Rachel Dobkin reports how the longtime owner overcame tragedy and turned a weekly chore into a magical outing Free pizza, donuts and a gift from Santa: Does this…...

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independent.co.uk > tech > angela-rayner-anthropic-elon-musk-sky-news-claude-b3049357.html

Angela Rayner ‘pleased’ AI companies talking about threats

5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (539+ words) Angela Rayner said she was pleased AI companies are “talking about the threats as well as the opportunities” after Elon Musk and Sam Altman backed a call for the industry to slow down development. It comes after Anthropic boss Dario…...

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independent.co.uk > news > uk > home-news > bank-of-england-monetary-policy-committee-experts-european-central-bank-middle-east-b3049299.html

Bank set to hold interest rates but ‘needs to be ready’ to act on inflation

8+ hour, 47+ min ago   (506+ words) The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates unchanged for the sixth time this year, but experts said it “needs to be ready” to hike rates if energy prices continue to surge. Most economists are expecting the Bank’s…...

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independent.co.uk > space > elon-musk-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt-b3049243.html

Musk and Altman back calls to ‘slow down’ development of AI

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (342+ words) Elon Musk and Sam Altman have backed a call from the boss of Anthropic for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry to “slow down” to give safety measures time to catch up. In an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier,…...

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independent.co.uk > news > beijing-chinese-b3049305.html

Beijing bans drone possession in the city after earlier moves to tighten rules

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (292+ words) Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already include a May ban on sales of the devices. The ban on possession will come into…...

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independent.co.uk > news > benin-africa-bangladesh-china-nigeria-b3049278.html

Benin bets on turning its cotton crop into clothes at home

13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (948+ words) The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag means…...

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independent.co.uk > news > uk > home-news > nowak-tuc-zero-hours-crackdown-b3049196.html

Government urged to deliver promised crackdown on exploitative zero hours contracts

18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (293+ words) ‘It’s time for government to face down the business lobbyists and deliver its zero-hours crackdown in full,’ Paul Nowak is set to say at TUC Congress in Brighton The Government is facing calls to follow through on its promised crackdown…...

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independent.co.uk > bulletin > news > musk-altman-ai-safety-anthropic-b3049232.html

Elon Musk among major tech figures calling for ‘slow down’ of AI development

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independent.co.uk > tech > sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-safety-concerns-b3049217.html

Sam Altman and Elon Musk back calls to ‘slow down’ AI development

20+ hour, 32+ min ago   (474+ words) ‘We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,’ says Dario Amodei Leading tech figures Sam Altman and Elon Musk have aligned themselves with a call from the head of Anthropic for the artificial intelligence…...