Andy Burnham’s big bold leap
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Andy Burnham’s big bold leap

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 202632 min

Helen Pidd reports from the Labour conference in Liverpool as Andy Burnham lays out his grand plans as prime minister. With deputy political editor Jessica Elgot. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is The Guardian. Today, Andy Burnham promises hope again, but at what cost? Have you found yourself confessing personal things to chat

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at GPT, Gemini or Claude. You're not alone. Something huge is underway that we haven't really found the words for yet.

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A new voice in our ear, guiding what we think and feel and do. But should we trust it? I just thought, what has this thing done to him?

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