The newly elected general secretary of the Aslef train drivers’ union speaks to Ben Chacko about union wins, a welcome shift in approach to the rail sector and what still needs to be done
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Workers need protection from expanding artificial intelligence
MICK WHITLEY MP is today introducing a Bill in Parliament that aims to secure a people-focused and democratic approach towards increased use of AI across the British economy
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: Ai-Da about to make history as the first robot to address the House of Lords: its speech explored the role of machine learning, machine creativity and Artificial Intelligence within the UK, October 11 2022
CHRIS NINEHAM, who along with Ben Jamal, is one of the activists facing trial over a Gaza demo last year, talks to Ben Chacko about the state’s increasing use of force against peaceful protest, and the significance of increasing imperial aggression around the globe
Higher growth removes the risks of being swamped by debt and interest payments and should be the way forward for British economy, argues DIANE ABBOTT
While advocating the aubergine or eggplant’s case for a space on your windowsill or patio, MAT COWARD suggest prayers might be required too
May elections will soon be upon us and SABBY DHALU calls for a maximum mobilisation, across Britain, to defeat Reform UK and the right at the ballot box
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to CHRIS SMALLS, who helped set up the Amazon Labor Union, on how weak leadership debilitates union activism and dilutes their purpose
ARTIFICIAL intelligence could have as wide-reaching and profound an impact on jobs as the first Industrial Revolution.
That was the warning issued by the government’s former chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, when he appeared before Parliament’s science and technology committee earlier this month.
Research commissioned by the then Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy suggests that 7 per cent of all British jobs could be automated out of existence within just five years as a result of AI.
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