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More than 1,100 employees from Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have called on the U.S. government to support international tools for controlling the pace of advanced artificial intelligence development. The Pacing the Frontier initiative argues that increasingly powerful systems could outstrip existing safety, governance and oversight mechanisms. Its statement requests tools to “deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.” Signatories include Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki and Meta AI research executive Dawn Song. OpenAI and Anthropic acknowledged that rapid advances and recursive self-improvement may eventually require coordinated limits, while Nvidia separately formed an industry coalition focused on AI safety and cybersecurity following concerns about autonomous agents.
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Germany's proposed changes to sick-note regulations may overlook the root causes of rising absenteeism, researchers warn. In 2024, German workers averaged 22 days of sick leave - among the highest levels internationally. Factors such as chronic understaffing and low pay are contributing to mental health issues, leading to increased absences, says researchers who study sickness, mental health and labour markets. They increasingly point to deeper problems in professions where absenteeism is high, including nursing, care work and teaching. Under plans agreed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition, telephone sick notes would be scrapped and employers could require medical certificates from the first day of absence.
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