Gov't to tackle rushed Ts & Cs on radio ads

An MP has tabled a bill to change the way terms and conditions, especially those involving finance, are broadcast on radio.

'You listen to an advert extolling how sexy you will look in a new car from a mainstream manufacturer, or how much interest you will earn on an investment and then the critical Ts & Cs are rushed through without a break in the words. It satisfies the law as it's written,' the MP stated,' but it isn't right so I've submitted a bill to stop this happening.'

He added,

'thebillmightnotsucceedandifitdoesitmaynotachievethedesiredeffectyourfirstbornisatriskandthevalueofparliametarybillscangoupordown.'

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Trump buys Iceland supermarket chain

The White House had egg on its face today when it was announced that President Trump had bought British frozen food retailer Iceland, having confused it with the country of the same name.

'I guess I should have seen this coming,' said special adviser Hymie Braskowitz. 'He often says ‘Iceland’ when he means ‘Greenland.' I tried to correct him once, but he insisted they’re the same place, and ‘Iceland’ is just a nickname the inhabitants gave it ‘because it’s cold there.

'All the same, I was poleaxed when I came into the office this morning and found him grinning behind his desk, claiming he’d bought it. A few frantic phone calls later, I realised what he’d bought was some British frozen food chain.

'The problem is getting him to accept that. I know if I give him news he doesn’t like, by the end of the day I’ll be just another former Trump staffer with a book to sell. So for the moment at least, I’m just nodding and smiling, and the orange baboon thinks he owns a large island in the North Atlantic. Even if he’s not quite sure which one.'

Meanwhile senior management at the frozen food retailer are waiting anxiously to see what changes their new owner intends to make. Some of them have tentatively suggested producing a line of red baseball caps with the slogan “Make Iceland Bejam Again”.

AI hit by AI copying its AI

The Chinese have released an Artificial Intelligence app called DeepSeek that has been created for a fraction of the costs of the frontrunning AI apps produced so far. 

AI has been under fire for scraping intellectual property (IP) from books, research, music and images without adequately compensating the original authors or providing them with a suitable opt-out.  It is understood that DeepSeek has scraped the existing AI engines and has been able to cut development costs enormously.  Google, X and Microsoft are livid that they haven't been adequately compensated or provided with a suitable opt-out.

A spokesman for DeepSeek refused to confirm or deny the allegations, but hinted that the I in their AI stands for Irony.