内容摘要：The couple were leaving a networking event at the Capital Jewish Museum, organised by the American Jewish Committee, at about 21:08 (local time) when a man opened fire with a handgun at a group of four people.

The couple were leaving a networking event at the Capital Jewish Museum, organised by the American Jewish Committee, at about 21:08 (local time) when a man opened fire with a handgun at a group of four people.

But not everyone has the luxury of opting out of AI.Jackie Adams (not her real name), who works in digital marketing, resisted AI initially on environmental grounds, and because she thought using it was lazy.

"I heard about the energy needed to power data centres and the amount of land they take up, and it didn't sit right with me. I didn't understand why we needed it," she says.However, about a year ago her three colleagues at the marketing firm she works for started adopting AI, for tasks such as copywriting and idea generation.Six months ago Ms Adams had to follow them, after being told she had to cut her budget.

"Then it was out my control," she says. She feels that continuing to resist would have hurt her career."I started playing with it a bit more after reading job descriptions asking for AI experience. I recently realised that if I don't implement it into my ways of working, I'm going to get left behind."

Now, she says, she doesn't view tapping into AI as laziness anymore.

"It can elevate my work and make some things better," adding that she uses it to refine copywriting work and for editing photos.The sector's reliance on workers from overseas is another big issue.

showed 27,000 visas were issued to people coming to the UK to work in health and social care, in the 12 months to December 2024.This was a fall of 81% compared with the previous 12 months. The number coming to work in the sector had increased significantly after

"We're reliant on migrant workers to keep social care going at the moment," says Lee-Ann Fenge, professor of social care at Bournemouth University.She said she does not believe new technology should be used as a way of filling the gaps in the sector.