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Downing Street's confidence in Nadhim Zahawi is draining away, says BBC Political Editor Chris Mason. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/5JlxhdV via DHARMA

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Requiring businesses to offer mental health first aid training would save lives, campaigners say. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/2EtyZCI via DHARMA

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Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang on Tuesday said that the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence will create powerful tools that require legal regulation and social norms that have yet to be worked out. Huang is one of the most prominent figures in artificial intelligence because Nvidia's chips are widely used in the field, including in a supercomputer that Microsoft built for startup OpenAI , in which Microsoft said Monday it was making a multibillion-dollar investment. Huang was speaking at an event in Stockholm, where officials said Tuesday they were upgrading Sweden's fastest supercomputer using tools from Nvidia to, among other things, develop what is known as a large language model that will be fluent in Swedish. "Remember, if you take a step back and think about all of the things in life that are either convenient, enabling or wonderful for society, it also has probably some potential harm," Huang said. Lawmakers such as Ted Lieu, a Democra...

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Bharti Airtel, India's No. 2 telecom carrier by subscribers, has introduced a new entry level plan at Rs. 155 in seven regions, the company's spokesperson said on Tuesday, effectively raising basic tariffs by nearly 57 percent. The new plan was introduced in regions including the states of Karnataka, Bihar and Rajasthan, after discontinuing the existing tariffs of Rs. 99, the spokesperson added. The company had late last year introduced the new plan on a trial basis in the states of Odisha and Haryana. Telecom firms were widely expected to hike tariffs to shore up revenues after having spent billions of dollars in the country's 5G auction last year. Airtel's average revenue per user (ARPU), a key performance indicator for telecom firms, was Rs. 190 in the September-quarter, a 3.8 percent sequential rise and a roughly 24 percent year-on-year increase. The ARPU needed to be at Rs. 200 and ultimately at Rs. 300 for a financially healthy business model, Airtel said in...

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Government proposals "damage people's ability to enforce their rights", a group of MPs and peers say. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/LC7N153 via DHARMA

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Rishi Sunak is likely to be grilled at Prime Minister's Questions about the conduct of his party chairman. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/TOLs0q3 via DHARMA

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The PM's ethics adviser is examining if the Conservative Party chairman broke the ministers' rule book. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/thKHkzy via DHARMA