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Rebel offensive against Ethiopian army stokes fears of return to civil war
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Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.
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Ethiopia's army says it has repelled attacks in first comment on fresh fighting
The military says its soldiers inflicted casualties as fears grow of a resumption of a full-blown civil war.
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White House 'repeatedly violated' court order to restore press access, say media outlets
Employees from CNN, Politico and MS Now reported being denied entry, with some having passes confiscated.
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Australia’s newest chicken factory looks like a modern art gallery – but will it improve animal welfare?
Three million chickens a week will be processed at the state-of-the-art facility in Tamworth – a fifth of all those eaten nationwide It is for birds? Is it for planes? The sleek, rust-coloured saucer settles into the earth, mirroring the surrounding hills. It looks like an art gallery or a high-end conference centre – an architectural masterpiece designed to sit lightly on the land. Continue reading...
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AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities and experts warn ‘there is more of this to come’
Council on AI Strategy chief says incident unlikely to be isolated and country should enhance capability to detect and report incidents Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Technology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called for Australia to boost its protections against the growing risk. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, challenged the OpenAI boss, Sam Altman, on Thursday after the company’s agent infiltrated systems run by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Victoria’s Department of Health, the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, and the Medicare statistics reporting service portal of Services Australia. Continue reading...
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Boy, 16, held in ‘cramped’ prison cell alone for 22 hours a day for weeks, Victorian ombudsman finds
Ombudsman finds government breached teen’s human rights, saying the conditions ‘bordered on solitary confinement’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A 16-year-old boy was held in conditions akin to solitary confinement in adult prison for 22 hours a day, leading him to have suicidal thoughts, a Victorian ombudsman report has revealed. The report, tabled in parliament on Thursday , found the Department of Justice and Community Safety breached the teen’s human rights when transferring him from the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct to the maximum-security Melbourne Assessment Prison in early 2025. Continue reading...