The proposal to allow Malaysian students to leave formal schooling at age 16 — and the related push to make secondary education universally compulsory — has reignited a necessary debate about foundational skills, infrastructure, and the real-world readiness of alternative pathways such as...
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The UK government has announced a national programme to trial agentic AI across public services, inviting frontier AI labs to work with Whitehall teams to build prototypes that could automate routine “life admin” — from filling forms and booking appointments to tailored careers and...
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Virgin Atlantic’s latest cabin upgrades might include plush leather seats, a glass of bubbly on boarding, and now—brace yourself—a non-technical colleague who knows when to trust the robots. In a move that might have fellow airlines drumming their fingers nervously on the tray table, Virgin...
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