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What is the infected blood scandal and will victims get compensation?
[ad_1] The total cost of compensation is expected to run into billions.The government has published a document setting out the amounts that individuals can expect to get, external.A person infected with HIV, for example, can expect to receive compensation of between £2.2m and £2.6m. These are average ranges rather than upper and lower limits.Those with a chronic hepatitis C infection, defined as lasting more than six months, could expect to
Infected blood victims could get £2m compensation
[ad_1] Announcing the details in the House of Commons, paymaster general John Glen repeated the apology made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday, saying the victims had suffered "unimaginable pain".He said the publication of the public inquiry's report was a "day of great humility for everyone".He hopes the compensation package will be welcomed: "The infected blood community know their cries for justice have been heard."Des Collins, of Collins Solicitors,
‘Blood compensation comes too late for my husband’
[ad_1] Heather EvansPerry Evans, one of the first victims to give evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry, died five weeks ago - too soon to see the damning report into the scandal. His wife, Heather Evans, sat next to a picture of Perry as she listened to inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff read the key points from his findings on Monday.The 59-year-old said it was "overwhelming" to see the culmination
Scarlett Johansson left ‘angered’ by chatbot imitation
[ad_1] Getty ImagesScarlett JohanssonHollywood star Scarlett Johansson has said she was left "shocked" and "angered" after OpenAI launched a chatbot with an "eerily similar" voice to her own. The actress said she had previously turned down an approach by the company to voice its new chatbot, which reads text aloud to users. When the new model debuted last week commentators were quick to draw comparisons between the chatbot's "Sky" voice
How phone theft was tackled in the 90s
[ad_1] In 1994, Newsroom South East’s Jonathan Beale reported on the tactics used by criminals to steal and then sell on mobile phones.The boom in cellphones in the 1990s saw a new crime wave of phone thefts on the capital’s streets and even in people’s cars, while they were driving. Take a look at what was being done to clamp down on phone thieves in 90s London. Video from Newsroom
Tamil Nadu: These elephants are dying on rail tracks – can AI save them?
[ad_1] Project manager Ashish Rajput said that the AI system's cameras, comparable to those used by the Indian Army along the nation's borders, are programmed to even detect humans near railway lines. When elephants are detected within 100ft of the railway track, alerts are sent to forest and railway officials, who coordinate to slow down trains and guide the elephants away to prevent collisions. Four personnel continuously monitor the system
Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar
[ad_1] 21 May 2024Chris Baraniuk,Technology reporterGetty ImagesData centre electricity needs are forecast to double between 2022 and 2026There’s a big problem with generative AI, says Sasha Luccioni at Hugging Face, a machine-learning company. Generative AI is an energy hog.“Every time you query the model, the whole thing gets activated, so it’s wildly inefficient from a computational perspective,” she says.Take the Large Language Models (LLMs) at the heart of many Generative
Why Hellblade 2 is more than a video game
[ad_1] 20 May 2024Tom Richardson,BBC NewsbeatNinja TheorySenua's Saga: Hellblade 2 is a sequel to the 2017 game praised for its depiction of psychosisVisit any video game developer a week before their latest big release and there will be questions hanging in the air.Will people like it? What will the reviews scores be?But when BBC Newsbeat visits Ninja Theory’s studio a week before Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 comes out, there’s another
Victims ‘vindicated’ after being ‘gaslit’
[ad_1] 20 May 2024Zahra Fatima & Vicky Wong,BBC NewsBBCVictims of the scandal said they had been "gaslit for generations"Infected blood victims say they feel "vindicated" as a long-awaited report revealed how authorities covered up the scandal and repeatedly exposed victims to unacceptable risks.Sue Wathen, who has no idea when she was infected with hepatitis C after her blood records "disappeared", said the scandal was "an abuse by people who were