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UK government trials chatbots in bid to bolster small business support
The UK government is running a private beta of a new chatbot designed to help people set up small businesses and find support. The generative AI chatbot, based on OpenAI’s GPT-4o technology, will be tested out by up to 15,000 business users, after earlier trials went well. GOV.UK Chat is linked from 30 government business support pages, including ‘set up…
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Iceland’s four-day working week trials have been a roaring success – economic growth spiked, workers were happier, and burnout plummeted
Iceland’s shift to a shorter working week has coincided with its economy outperforming most of Europe, according to research from organizations backing four-day working weeks. Between 2015 and 2019, Iceland ran two large trials of the so-called four-day working week across government, later leading to a labor rights agreement led by local trade unions that enshrined the right to shorter…
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Google US antitrust trials: A timeline – Computerworld
October 31, 2023: Google CEO Sundai Pichai takes the stand, for long-awaited testimony about the relationship between his company and Apple. He gave some details about Google’s negotiations with Apple over a contract that made Google the default search engine on Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Google has paid billions for the privilege of being the default search on Apple…
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