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    Anthony Albanese soon will be the first Australian prime minister in 7 years to visit China

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Anthony Albanese will become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to visit China in recognition that bilateral relations have improved after crashing to unprecedented depths over trade and security differences that […] More

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    Politicians are using culture war as distraction tactic, poll finds

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email More than half of the British public feel politicians are using culture wars to distract from other “important” issues, according to a survey which also found the term “woke” is increasingly seen as […] More

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    New Zealand’s final election count means incoming premier Christopher Luxon needs broader support

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A final vote count Friday following a general election in New Zealand three weeks ago has changed the political equation for winner Christopher Luxon, whose conservative National Party will now need broader support […] More

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    Sunak clashes with Elon Musk as X boss says AI means we won’t need to work

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak clashed with Elon Musk on the value of having a job after the tech mogul told him artificial intelligence (AI) would mean people would no longer have to work. The billionaire […] More

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    Suspended Labour MP to sue Tory accusing him of ‘seeking to justify’ Hamas attack

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The left-wing MP suspended by Labour over what the party said were “deeply offensive” comments at a pro-Palestine rally is threatening legal action against a Conservative MP. Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has […] More

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    AI is ‘magic genie’ that could bring ‘universal high income’, says Elon Musk

    Elon Musk described artificial intelligence as a “magic genie” that “gives you any wishes you want” whilst warning people to “be careful what you wish for.”The billionaire tech entrepreneur was speaking to Rishi Sunak to close out the government’s AI safety summit on Thursday, 2 November.Mr Musk said AI presents a future challenge of how to “find meaning in life if you have a magic genie that can do everything you want” but could bring about “universal high income.””It will be somewhat of a leveller… I think everyone will have access to this magic genie,” he added. More