Interesting context to this briefing: Gove recently met a lot of these funds.

Government was pretty shocked to learn that a lot of them had made sizeable investments in ground rent portfolios post-2019, *after* the Tories had made a manifesto commitment to peppercorn rates

Energy is more or less everything

There’s an AI Backlash happening now in the enterprise in particular

Many vendors have promised big results and not delivering, especially in automation

Promising to automate 50% of your contact center with AI, of your interactions with AI, etc.

No one is hitting it

The genie

Beautiful takedown of The Economist by Singapore's Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.

Dark humour. Replies: Norovirus aftermath. Patients died / in surgery / just discharged. Momentary gap, like one of those sliding piece puzzles, trying to reconfigure for same sex wards. Asbestos / RAAC found. Real curtains = old photo.

My thought? Conspiracy theorist catnip

With my partner's blessing, I share our recent personal journey trying to access mental health help. My OH just started full time work again, after eighteen months off sick. At every point, the system was a set-back instead of help, it LENGTHENED and WORSENED his problem. 1/ ~AA

Metro I’ve asked the DWP to share their Impact Assessment of the proposed switch of assessing the ‘ability to work’ from GP to ‘specialist work and health professionals’ ⬇️

Sorry to rain on your parade The Telegraph

1. We haven't issued a denial
2. We aren't cloud seeding in UAE
3. Our weather and climate scientists are providing evidence-based comments to explain what happened
4. Read more from them at rdg.ac/49GVsW3
5. Jog on

This is the story which moved me to tears on the tv. Former Tesla engineer Cristina Balan is a single mother, currently in remission from breast cancer, and she’s been locked in a ten year legal battle with her ex employer

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Everyone’s entitled to their view but the number of MPs and commentators now saying our institutions have been ‘captured’ when they disagree with decisions of those institutions is divisive populism and sinister. Institutions aren’t there to be used for political wedge-driving.

Children’s homes owners calling for further deregulation of their profitable ‘market’ by removing the need to apply for planning permission (via LinkedIn)

It's the AI industry's worst-kept secret... everyone is copying each other.

Developers tell me they're using data from OpenAI and Anthropic's LLMs to create cheaper alternative LLMs that power their products—and they're not telling customers.

theinformation.com/articles/gener…

One of the main reasons renewable energy is going to triumph in the end is, IMO, not well understood by the general populace, so here's a quick 🧵on it.

Over time, the price of fossil fuels is determined by two forces pulling in opposite directions. On one hand ...

This is insane. This woman’s health insurance company is using AI. And it’s denying her claim for her annual physical.

Smart post from Mike Truman on one of the enduring mysteries of the Post Office scandal. Where did the money actually go?

Alan Bates says he will crowdfund for the private prosecution of former Post Office execs if he has to.

I had the pleasure of meeting him privately on Tuesday and I don’t think anyone would doubt his ability to raise the necessary funds.

thetimes.co.uk/article/83baf0…

Utterly appalling. As I keep saying this really is the biggest scandal around at the moment (with plenty of competition).

There's something very calming about beautiful, practical, skilful things.

Lots of good stuff in the Competition & Markets Authority's latest report on competition in AI, especially this graphic illustrating how the tech giants have wrapped their tentacles around practically every single meaningful independent competitor out there.

A couple of other thoughts (1/4).

As we increasingly rely on #LLMs for product recommendations and searches, can companies game these models to enhance the visibility of their products?

Our latest work provides answers to this question & demonstrates that LLMs can be manipulated to boost product visibility!