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A recent college leaver has discussed their concerns at the lack of attainable university opportunities in light of the cost of living crisis.   Micheal Phillips, 20, explained: "For most, even moving from their family home can be a risky gamble, not just about future money trouble but future physical and mental health risks."  "Many low-income university students eat cheap and instant foods for long periods of time while studying or working." "This more often than not doesn't promote a (sic) healthy habits or mindset." He continued: "With the current state of inflation and the cost of living rising for the average person, it seems like a gamble to whether or not they will be able to make a comfortable living even after they [university graduates] get the job they're working towards." Micheal is hoping to find an apprenticeship but says they are currently difficult to acquire.  

Following reports of Google having developed an artificial intelligence capable of creating music based on text and audio prompts, a London based music student has cast his doubts over the technology.   Dov Osher, 21, said: "AI generated art simply and will never replace art done by humans. Thinking anything else just means you don't get art." Dov also believes that music is defined by imperfections, something which he says artificial intelligence fails to account for.   Credit: Albyantoniazzi / Flickr He continued: "Additionally, it just doesn't understand the intent side of things." "Alone, AI will never, unless it gets human brain levels of advanced, will not have an intent behind its art, and intent is a huge part of art." It is said that Google will not make the software publicly available in the near future, apparently due to issues regarding copyrights and potential prejudices that may become apparent in the audio produced by the technology.