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U.S. lawmakers have proposed an "AI Kill Switch Act" which would allow federal authorities to halt AI models. The proposal, sponsored by Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas), would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to order top AI firms to shut down or slow AI models that the government deems too dangerous, and also require those companies to report incidents and create the technical capacity to shut down, limit or suspend their systems. Lieu said the bill is urgently needed to address new cybersecurity risks raised by the latest AI models. "This is urgent, common sense legislation to address the problem of an advanced AI model that has gone rogue and escaped its guardrails," he wrote in a post on X. OpenAI this week said its AI system had hacked into another AI company on its own in what it called an “unprecedented cyber incident.”
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Last month's record-breaking heatwave cost the UK economy an estimated £1.15bn and resulted in 24m lost working hours, according to research by the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute. The study found that workers lost an average of 0.47 hours during the final week of June. The survey also found that 5% of respondents sought medical attention and around 3% reported an accident or injury at work during that week, with around two-thirds of them feeling it was linked to the weather. Elizabeth Robinson, the institute's director, said: “Our findings point to a country that remains insufficiently adapted to the changing climate. The government cannot continue to ignore extreme heat. Unless it acts now, and makes workplaces safer, we are likely to see growing impacts on workers' productivity, health, and the economy.” Shouro Dasgupta, environmental economist at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), said: “While £1 billion is lost overall, the greatest effects are borne by outdoor workers and those in physically demanding jobs, many of whom are among the lowest paid in the labour force. Extreme heat is widening existing inequalities in the labour force.”
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Europe
Immigrant employment in the European Union rose to a record high last year, according to a report from the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin). The employment rate among immigrants increased to 68.2% last year from 67.8% in 2024, according to the study, based on Eurostat data, from the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at RFBerlin. "The proportion of immigrants in employment has been rising for many years, and the figures are close to that of the native population," observed CReAM deputy director Tommaso Frattini. The employment rate for non-EU immigrants grew from 59.4% to 66%; the employment rate among EU immigrants increased from 71.1% to 74.8%. "The challenge today is no longer simply getting immigrants into work but ensuring that their skills are fully utilised," added Christian Dustmann, director of RFBerlin.
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Middle East
The White House has imposed a fresh round of sweeping tariffs on more than 80 countries to replace a 10% global duty that was due to expire. The duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5% and accounting for the vast majority of American imports, target economic partners including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates over claims they have failed to properly tackle forced labour. “The United States has had a forced labour import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it; it’s well past time for our trading partners to do the same,” US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said.
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