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Jacob Reid

@JacobReid02

Politics and economics journalist for Bloomberg, based in London

Get in touch: jreid152@bloomberg.net
London bloomberg.com/authors/AW6xtb… Joined March 2021
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Jacob Reid @JacobReid02
‼️I've started my permanent role at @BloombergUK, working on the UK Economics and Government team, with a focus on AI and work. It's very exciting, even if there's not much to write about those things at the moment.

Please get in touch! jreid152@bloomberg.net
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Palantir's Tom Watson (of deputy Labour leadership fame) wrote to the Health Secretary just weeks before it secured a controversial contract extension.

Louis Mosley, the company's Europe chief, also wrote to Cooper, citing data that he said showed its effectiveness.
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Politicians including @KanishkaNarayan and @darrenpjones are testing ideas on AI-generated voters from companies like @societies_ai. Useful for targeting comms, honing arguments, training canvassers - but humans are weird, and tough to replicate!
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www.bloomberg.com UK Politicians Are Testing Their Messages on AI-Generated Voters UK politicians looking to gauge how British voters will react to their policies have a new cohort on which to test their ideas: AI-generated focus groups.
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Great chart from @williameijer. We looked at why immigrant kids do so much better at school in the UK than other European countries. Lots of theories, but experts are a bit baffled.

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www.bloomberg.com The UK’s Standout Success at Schooling Immigrant Kids Baffles Experts In the UK, children from immigrant families tend to perform better than their peers, making the country a rare bright spot in the latest global education rankings. The issue for policymakers is that...