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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Asda, Apple, Elon Musk

(Sharecast News) - One in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, according to research that included reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringes. The poll of almost 1,000 members of GMB, one of the UK's biggest unions, returned stories of delivery drivers being chased by people in cars, while store workers had food thrown at them. More than half (58%) of respondents said they had suffered injury or illness on the job. - Guardian Tim Cook, the Apple CEO, announced a series of generative artificial intelligence products and services on Monday during his keynote speech at the company's annual developer conference, WWDC, including "Apple Intelligence" and a deal with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The new tools mark a major shift toward AI for Apple, which has seen slowing global sales over the past year and integrated fewer AI features into its consumer-facing products than competitors. - Guardian

Elon Musk has said he could ban Apple devices from his companies over the tech giant's deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, iPad and Mac. The Tesla boss said the decision was an "unacceptable security violation" and accused Apple of handing over user data to OpenAI, the firm behind the chatbot. - Telegraph

A higher share of pensioners are paying income tax than working people for the first time amid a surge in worklessness and Tory stealth raids, analysis has found. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said 65pc of older Britons now pay tax on their income, up from just 48pc since 2010. It comes after the tax-free allowance for pensioners has been cut in real terms, while the state pension has risen by £3,700 to £11,502.40 since 2010 because of the triple lock. - Telegraph

Barclays is on the brink of renewing its long-standing link to the Premier League with a £75m deal which easily eclipses the value of its existing tie-up. Sky News has learnt that the British high street bank's proposed four-year agreement with English football's top flight was presented to its 20 clubs at a shareholder meeting last week. - Sky News

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