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Aldi Cat Detained, Starmer Pushes Prince Andrew to Face U.S. Congress in Epstein Probe, Banks Floor the AI Pedal and Flirt With Fallout

Millie the Aldi Cat Detained, Given Stern Talking-To, Released Without Charge

Nottinghamshire police rolled seven strong to a 1:14 a.m. alarm at an Aldi after recent break-ins, only to find Millie, a local celebrity feline, trapped at the main doors and caught red pawed. Officers issued what they called stern words about unlawful entry, then escorted the diva out like the supermarket’s tiniest shoplifter. Staff had even posted a sign asking customers not to let her in, which of course turned the place into a fan meet-and-greet. Her owner says locking Millie up would be cruel, a vet check is planned, and until then the cat appears content running loss prevention from the automatic doors while the humans pretend they are in charge.

Starmer Says Prince Andrew Should Testify to U.S. Congress in Epstein Probe

Keir Starmer said the principle is simple, accountability applies to everyone, even those with a coronet on the stationery, and suggested Prince Andrew should cooperate with U.S. lawmakers examining Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. He declined to weigh in on specifics but made the constitutional point cleanly. We will now see if equal treatment under the law extends to the royal calendar or if it somehow fills up indefinitely.

Banks Floor the AI Accelerator, Promise Efficiency, Flirt With Fallout

From ATMs to chatbots, banking has long automated, but now it is going full throttle. Bendigo Bank is tapping Google’s Gemini Enterprise for loans and fraud checks, Commonwealth Bank’s OpenAI tie-up boasts halved scam losses and shorter call waits, JPMorgan has its own LLM suite, and BNY Mellon is testing agentic AI that decides and acts. Most use is still internal, yet pilots show AI agents handling onboarding end to end with eye-popping productivity gains. Cue the human cost rehearsal, Commonwealth Bank cut 45 call center roles after a chatbot rollout, then reversed after union blowback. Executives say AI needs to feel urgent, which it will when your 2 a.m. mortgage approval arrives five minutes after you apply and an opaque algorithm becomes your money coach. The upside is cheaper, faster, more tailored services, but the risks are familiar, bias baked in by history, privacy headaches, regulators sprinting to catch up, and accountability that cannot be outsourced to a bot even if the blame will try to be. The test is whether this rewrite serves customers transparently, not just another efficiency parade marching straight to the bottom line.

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