Tuesday 16 May 2023

No 263: Three Interesting Current Micro Stories

 (1) There is to be an investigation over UK food prices, to check if supermarkets have been taking advantage of the recent rise in food prices to overcharge customers:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65601292

 

(2) While the UK CMA has blocked the proposed merger of Microsoft and Activision (a games company), the EU have approved it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65566438 

 

(3)  The energy firm, Octopus Energy, recently switched its email answering service from humans to AI. It has replaced the work of  250 people. Customer satisfaction is much higher with the AI generated emails:

OctopusenergyAI Yahoo News

 

Would really impress examiners to able to refer to such recent events.....

 

 

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