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Dating apps prepare to launch AI features to help users find love

Match Group’s digital assistant will tailor profiles and search for dates – but critics fear…

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And the UK winners of the 2024 awards for appalling customer service are …

Reflecting on a year of unfair decisions and shoddy treatment, we put the worst-offending firms…

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Lisa Nandy urges YouTube and TikTok to promote better content for children

UK culture minister says government wants to ‘open a dialogue’, but will intervene if platforms…

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Stoke heads UK list of biggest annual house price growth, says Halifax

Jump of 17.2% in 12 months to September for city, while Huddersfield had largest decline…

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UK employers ‘risk losing good people’ without policies on infertility, say managers

Survey by Chartered Management Institute finds only 19% of companies have a policy in place…

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AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers

Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviour Artificial…

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Many happy returns: sustainable startups are turning a profit from your unwanted clothes

Now that half of our clothing purchases are sent back, reverse logistics – or the…

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‘Shockingly lax’: how soaring British bank Starling had its wings clipped

Launched as a challenger to traditional lenders, it profited from offering state-backed loans during Covid….

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‘I deleted news apps’: Guardian readers on how to stop doomscrolling

While we certainly don’t encourage people to turn away from the news, we also know…

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How will AI reshape the world? Well, it could be the spreadsheet of the 21st century | John Naughton

Large language models have changed how big corporations function, and the arrival of AI ‘agents’…

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