Government emergency alert scheduled for 23rd April
- The UK government are scheduling a test alert for Sunday 23rd April 2023.
- Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that warns you if there is a danger to life nearby.
- In an emergency, your phone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe.
- You may get alerts about severe flooding, fires or extreme weather.
- The test alert will last for approximately ten seconds and your phone or tablet may make a loud siren-like sound even if on silent, vibrate or read out the alert.
- For more information, please see the UK Government website.
ChatGPT bug leaked users’ conversation histories
- A ChatGPT glitch meant that some users could temporarily see the titles of other users’ conversations.
- Each conversation a user has with ChatGPT is stored in their chat history bar where it can be revisited.
- However, some users reported seeing conversations that did not belong to them.
- Users have taken to social media platforms Reddit and Twitter to share images of what they had found.
- OpenAI Sam Altman said that the issue has now been fixed and the company feel “awful.”
- Many users are still concerned about privacy on the platform.
- For more, please visit the BBC News website.
Domestic violence: Police alert NI schools more than 2,000 times
- Police figures have highlighted that schools in some areas of Northern Ireland have been alerted more than 2,000 times in less than two years about pupils affected by domestic violence.
- ‘Operation Encompass’ allows police to tell school staff if a pupil is affected by domestic abuse, the information shared by the police is in strict confidence.
- This enables the child or children to get the support they may require from a trusted adult.
- The scheme has been rolled out to 900 schools across Northern Ireland and will be rolled out to the remaining schools in the summer of 2023.
- For more on this story, please visit the BBC News website.
Education: Funding cuts put NI young people’s schemes at risk
- Two long running education schemes benefitting children and young people in County Antrim and west Belfast are at risk due to a lack of funding.
- The ‘Sharing the Learning’ programme in west Belfast involves 51 schools and the ‘In Your Corner’ scheme run by Monkstown Boxing club supports 250 young people.
- The schemes both end on March 31st and have not yet been renewed. Due to a challenging budget it is likely significant savings will have to be made.
- There is “grave concern” regarding the termination of the programmes due to support they provide to children and young people in those areas.
- For more on this story, please visit the BBC News website.
