Eight million UK jobs will be lost to AI in what the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is calling the ‘worst case scenario’ in the future.
Back office, entry level and part-time jobs were at the highest risk of being disrupted, including secretarial, customer service and administrative roles, according to the IPPR’s report.
Bhargav Srinivasa-Desikan, a senior research fellow at the think tank, told the Tech & Science Daily podcast why those roles are at risk, and explains how their best case scenario for AI in the future could actually boost the UK economy.
A long-term study has found that exercising twice a week or more significantly cuts the risk of developing insomnia.
The research found that people who do regular exercise are 42% less likely to have difficulty falling asleep than those who are inactive, and are 22% less likely to report any symptoms of insomnia.
It also found that people who kept exercising in the long term were 55% more likely to be normal sleepers.
Owners of last year’s Samsung S23 series smartphones are due to get new AI features soon.
Devices including the S23 FE, Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 will get all the AI features that came with the Galaxy S24 series, including Circle to Search and live language translation for phone calls.
At the moment the tools are free, however the fine print on Samsung’s website reveals that they will be provided for free “until the end of 2025 on supported Samsung Galaxy devices”.
Researchers in Belgium have been using artificial intelligence to help them improve the taste of their beer.
A team led by Professor Kevin Verstrepen, of KU Leuven university developed a machine learning model that could predict how a beer would taste based on its composition.
They used the AI tool to enhance an existing commercial beer, essentially spiking it with things like lactic acid and glycerol, which were flagged by the models as important predictors of overall appreciation.
The results from the tasting panel revealed the additions improved ratings for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers across elements like sweetness, body, and overall appreciation.
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Uber Eats driver wins payout over discriminatory facial recognition checks, Which? testing exposes dubious eco-friendly toilet roll claims, and diabetes and alcohol ‘among most harmful controllable dementia risk factors’.
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