
The Guardian - 1 day 5 hours ago
Exclusive: While recruits will increase headcount for now, broader adoption of AI could lead to job cuts in future Lloyds Banking Group has launched an AI recruitment drive for 300 tech experts, weeks before its chief executive, Charlie Nunn, announces a strategic plan for the 261-year-old lender. The bank said it intended the recruits to work on its use and development of agentic AI by September, referring to autonomous AI models that can plan and execute tasks with minimal human oversight. Continue...

The Atlantic - 1 day 16 hours ago
I'd benefit if AI cured cancer. And I still want AI progress to slow down.

Newser - 1 day 16 hours ago
A nonprofit is taking Toyota to federal court over an electric vehicle that tops out around 15 mph. A lawsuit filed in California by Mobility for Africa accuses the Toyota Mobility Foundation a Toyota-backed charity of taking its three-wheeled EV concept, business model, and know-how and passing them to a...