There is a particular kind of government announcement that manages to be simultaneously well-intentioned, inadequate, and infuriating. Last week’s ‘Every Child Can’ programme is a masterclass in the genre. The headline sounds impressive: £132.5 million from the Dormant Assets Scheme to enrich the lives of children through arts, sport, nature,…
We all know the saying. It took a village to raise a child — and most of us, if we are honest, have a feeling for what it meant even if we have never lived it. It meant that children were not the exclusive property of their parents, watched over…
Last week, Jack Clarke, a co-founder of Anthropic — one of the leading companies developing artificial intelligence — was interviewed on television. He was relaxed about it, which was itself slightly alarming. Primarily he was talking about the need to find a brake on how AI is developing before it…
Last night I was watching Newsnight on television and Jack Clarke, a co-founder of Anthropic, the AI company, was being interviewed. A very laid-back chap about to become a billionaire as Anthropic floats. He was very clear that the future does not lie with coders because the AI can now…
The commission led by Alan Milburn — former Health Secretary, asked by Keir Starmer to investigate why 957,000 young people aged 16 to 24 are not in education, employment or training — has now published its interim report. Its central finding is stark: a rising tide of mental ill-health, anxiety,…