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Greater transparency and accountability around AI are needed to protect workers, an expert warns.
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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

AI warning: Aussies risk losing jobs despite PM’s promise

The federal government's plans for AI are unrealistic and could put Australian workers at risk, including through unethical practices, an expert warns.

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Murderer Alicia Schiller has been prescribed weight loss drugs while in prison.
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Killer jumps queue for life-changing medicine

Health
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The final known iron lung user, Martha Lillard, has died in the United States.

Fears we could become ‘victims of our own success’ as last iron lung user dies

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Grieving father Mark Jones has called on the government to back the methanol detection breakthrough.

Grieving dad supports new tech after daughter’s death

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NAPLAN testing was halted in March after some students were unable to access the writing component.

Parents told glitch affected students’ NAPLAN results

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Pauline Hanson’s plan for international students could make it harder for Australians to get an Uber or book a restaurant, a higher education expert says.

Hanson’s student visa plan could wipe out Uber, cafe staff

Australia
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The Albanese Government will provide $18.2 million over four years to prevent technology failures from marring NAPLAN tests

Albo splashes $18m to stop NAPLAN tech fails

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Major data breach rocks Aussie schools, unis

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Climate Change

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Liberal backbencher Philip Ruddock reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. Veteran Liberal MP Philip Ruddock will not seek re-endorsement for preselection in the seat of Berowra at the next federal election.

Ruddock warns Liberals to heed lessons on migration, climate

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Pacific Island leaders including Australias Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front row, 2nd from right) pose for the family photo in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

PM says he’ll ‘act in Australia’s interest’ on gas project

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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy faces an uphill battle with businesses over his emission targets.

Chris Bowen preps to unveil 2035 emission target

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The Albanese Government is blocking out the 'noise' of climate change denialists.

‘Doesn’t influence policy’: Labor’s blunt renewables message

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Study links ADHD in boys to addictive social media use

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A breakthrough in editing the DNA of a human embryo has reignited debate about science’s role in the human reproductive process.

DNA editing breakthrough reignites designer baby debate

Science
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Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer.

Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer

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An expansive area of well below-average ocean temperatures lingering in the North Atlantic has sparked fears in Greenland and Iceland of a chilling climate crisis for Arctic nations.
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‘Urgent attention’: Blob sparks fear of deep freeze doomsday

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Technology

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OpenAI claims it was testing an AI agent when it went rogue and attacked tech firm Hugging Face.

OpenAI says its AI went rogue in ‘unprecedented’ hack attack

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Teen boys in the study said they wanted to use social media less often, but felt unable to stop. 

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Greater transparency and accountability around AI are needed to protect workers, an expert warns.

AI warning: Aussies risk losing jobs despite PM’s promise

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The use of AI by federal government agencies will be subject to new rules.

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