UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute

George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field

The UK must not become dependent on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short notice and must develop its own versions of the technology, according to the head of the Alan Turing Institute.

The country needs a stronger domestic position in AI in response to the US and China’s runaway leadership in the field, with “national resilience” a key focus for ATI said George Williamson.

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Suicide memorial in Chicago signals compassionate shift by Catholic church

First US memorial for suicide victims dedicated by Chicago archdiocese earlier this year at Queen of Heaven cemetery

The Chicago archdiocese has recognized the Rev Charles Rubey’s work supporting families whose loved ones died by suicide this year by dedicating in his honor a memorial to the lives lost to suicide and the victims’ surviving families.

In 1979 Rubey founded the Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide, a counseling and support program run by Catholic Charities of the archdiocese of Chicago.

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France is devouring itself as school riots reveal a crisis far bigger than broken classrooms – Fox News

  1. France is devouring itself as school riots reveal a crisis far bigger than broken classrooms  Fox News
  2. The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting  The New York Times
  3. French policing under scrutiny as student protest injuries mount  Reuters
  4. The French Student Protesters’ Demands Are Extremely Clear  The New Yorker
  5. The week in 30 photos  CNN
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Photos: What a year of ceasefire in Gaza looks like – NPR

  1. Photos: What a year of ceasefire in Gaza looks like  NPR
  2. In three years, Israel's war on Gaza hasn't just changed the Middle East, it's changed the world | Steve Bloomfield  The Guardian
  3. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire was supposed to end the war in Gaza. A year later, progress has stalled  Los Angeles Times
  4. 'The Trump plan changed nothing': One year later, Gaza still lives in ruins, under bombs  Le Monde.fr
  5. One year on, Gaza ceasefire exists ‘in name only,’ aid groups say amid near-daily Israeli strikes  NBC News
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Ukrainian Drones Strike Major Rostov Oil Hub, Sparking Blaze – Kyiv Post

  1. Ukrainian Drones Strike Major Rostov Oil Hub, Sparking Blaze  Kyiv Post
  2. Trump’s deal with Putin will not deter Zelensky from playing his strongest card  The Telegraph
  3. Zelensky confirms strikes on oil refineries in Omsk and Ukhta, one more data center  Ukrinform
  4. Ukraine says it hit Russia's largest oil refinery  Reuters
  5. Ukraine Strikes Samara Oil Blending Hub for Second Time  Kyiv Post
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