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We managed to get jobs after uni – here's how we're keeping them. "Let everyone know where you are with tasks to avoid them having to chase you up.

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What’s likely is that jobs that hinge a lot on human, face-to-face interaction are unlikely to be replaced. ”He warns however that the discussion should focus less on identifying specific vocational paths that are safe from AI, and more on how to equip young people with a suite of skills that allow them to adapt rapidly to labour market change. Where you will need someone to take responsibility for decisions, they will all have to be human. ”Nursing and midwifery“AI and tech will get injected into many health roles, and on balance that’s probably quite a good thing, because at the moment we have nowhere near enough people doing these jobs,” says Ball.

Four recent job starters share their tips on what helped them have a smooth transition and survive their first few days. "There's loads of meetings throughout the day and regular call check-ups," she says. "They don't expect you to know everything so make sure to communicate with them if things become unfamiliar or if you feel like you have too much on your plate and need a hand," she says. I've spent 30 years in recruitment – this is how to get a jobSet up check-ins with your bossImage source, Oliver WalkerImage caption, Oliver Walker, 23, says you should focus on developing in your roleOliver Walker graduated from the University of Liverpool in May and one week later started a graduate role working on social media campaigns for a marketing agency.

There was very little time to do research on the responsibilities that came with my role," he says.

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"I didn't want to ask for help because it felt like I'd be admitting I didn't have the skills to be there," says Chinaza, who's 20. There is nothing wrong with being unable to do it straight away," she says. Speak to people outside your teamImage source, Elijah AmoakoImage caption, Elijah Amoako, 26, recently changed jobs and started with a new employerElijah Amoako recently started a new role managing industry relations. Gargi Pal Chaudhuri, of BlackRock, recommends investors stay invested in the artificial-intelligence sector but broaden into themes like quality and healthcare.

Illustration: wildpixel/Getty ImagesExplainerCould AI really wipe out humanity – six experts spell out the risksWe examine claims and counterclaims about the risks and calls to slow down the pace of AI developmentThere have been some shocking claims in recent days about AI safety: we face a 10% chance of doom; AIs are worse than nukes; a “botnet” threatens the entire internet; it’s all a big tech psyop. Below, we look at six claims and reactions to them. ‘In 6–12 months … a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet – potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage’ – Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, 12 September 2026Amodei’s concerns should not be entirely dismissed but require a large shaker of salt, said Gary Marcus, an AI sceptic and emeritus professor at New York University.

It was “nonsensical”, he said, to suggest the entire internet is vulnerable and that it was “pretty unclear how that happens without extreme negligence on the part of the labs themselves”. Prof Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey’s centre for cyber security said botnets tend to stall as the internet is not homogeneous and it is difficult to design them to persist in all its parts.

What has been reported

One survey of researchers’ forecasts, published this week, asks them to place a number on the chance of “human extinction or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment from advanced AI”. Even if quantifying risk is hard, there are qualitative examples of it. If governments put restrictions on development of cutting-edge AI, can startups find the money and personnel to adhere to the regime? The US vice-president, JD Vance, on Monday said he felt “a little bit weird about the fact that you have so many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and begging the government to regulate them”.

Anthropic’s Clark said governments should act while there is a small number of key players, so it is easier to put in place a “policy regime … that can prevent accidents and can prevent the technology spiralling out of control”. “If the governments impose what they’re asking for, which is pacing to avoid catastrophic risks, that’s going to cost them financially quite a lot,” he said. 'A superintelligent AI poses a threat on the same, possibly, a greater scale' to nuclear weapons – Des Browne, former UK defence secretary, 7 September 2026“Unfortunately he is entirely correct,” said Toby Ord, senior researcher at Oxford University’s AI governance initiative.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons warns “cyber-attacks could manipulate the information decision-makers get to launch nuclear weapons, and interfere with the operation of nuclear weapons themselves”. He claimed there is a “sick conspiracy” against AI and datacentres “and the only one that is happy about it is China”.

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You can’t pause it because it’s a structural advantage. ”'There is no day after tomorrow if China wins at this. There is a view that ceding the lead to Beijing would be an irretrievable situation, so there can be no slowdown. They pose a serious threat to Anthropic and OpenAI’s path to profitability, and there are hundreds of billions of dollars on the line. Photograph: Tony Smith/AlamyPhones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning themWould you hand in your phone at the door in exchange for a free bottle of wine?

One restaurateur has tried that – and there are now many other gambits that are encouraging us to connectName: Phone bans. It’s supposed to work on a psychological level – to preserve privacy and allow people to enjoy themselves without distraction. At the Clink restaurant in London they lock all phones in an outside cabin, but that’s because the restaurant is actually inside HMP Brixton, where possession of a mobile phone is prohibited.

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