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    AI can write better university assignments than students, report suggests

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Artificial intelligence (AI) models can achieve better average grades in university writing assignments than real-life students, a new report has suggested. The research, published in Scientific Reports, found ChatGPT matched or exceeded the […] More

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    The asylum backlog by numbers: what has driven waiting lists to record highs?

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The backlog of asylum seekers awaiting decisions in the UK has reached a new record of 175,457. The Home Office blames “more cases entering the asylum system than receiving initial decisions” rather than […] More

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    Asylum cases backlog almost doubles to new record high in blow to Sunak

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The backlog of asylum cases in the UK has hit a new record high, Home Office figures show, in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” and cut processing times. […] More

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    Labour membership down 125,000 since last general election, accounts show

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour lost another 25,000 members in 2022, putting it 125,000 down on its numbers at the last election, its newly published accounts show. Keir Starmer’s opposition however outstripped the Conservatives in donations, raising […] More

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    Rishi Sunak announces Bletchley Park as site of autumn AI summit

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s autumn summit on artificial intelligence (AI) will be hosted at Bletchley Park, once the top-secret home of Second World War codebreakers. The Prime Minister on Thursday announced the Buckinghamshire site as […] More

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    UK political watchdog says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘inadvertently’ broke ethics rules

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was chided by Parliament’s standards guardian on Thursday for failing to declare his wife’s financial interest in a childcare firm that stood to benefit from government policy. Standards […] More