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Israel will forever shine bright
Benjamin Netanyahu | September 29, 2024Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered this defiant speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2024, underlining Israel’s determination to defend itself from those who aim only to destroy it.
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Unlocking AI’s potential
Carme Artigas | September 29, 2024Critics of AI highlight its threat to human creativity, jobs, democracy and even life itself, but oversight by the United Nations might still have the potential to ensure it is used for good.
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Inside the madhouse
Open Forum | September 29, 2024A new insider account of the insanity, ignorance and traitorous conduct of the Trump administration offers a stark warning against re-electing him in November’s Presidential election.
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The inhumanity of human shields
Alex Bristow | September 29, 2024Foreign Minister Penny Wong was right to champion a new declaration for the protection of humanitarian personnel at the U.N. but the initiative will only be effective if it tackles the threat posed by Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups who use aid workers and other civilians as human shields.
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The age of intelligence – or AI hype?
Open Forum | September 28, 2024OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman argues that AI driven “superintelligence’ may be just a “few thousand days” away while behind the scenes he reportedly plans to turn the research organisation into a commercial company and take a 7% stake for himself.
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Towards a “nature positive” Australia
Anita Foerster | September 28, 2024Australia has a terrible track record of environmental destruction, a trend which continues unabated despite the Government signing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework two years ago.
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Supermarket sweep
Rob Nicholls | September 28, 2024The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking legal action against the big supermarkets over their misleading pricing claims.
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The new antisemitism
Dennis Altman | September 27, 2024A new book outlines how Israel’s action to defend itself against terrorist groups determined to destroy it has rekindled a broader swathe of anti-semitism across the world.
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A tsunami of slop
Jiaru Tang | September 27, 2024TikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms are being flooded with a tsunami of meaningless, engagement farming AI generated slop and things are only getting worse.
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Pacific forum hack highlights security fears
Open Forum | September 27, 2024The public revelation that the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat was hacked by a foreign group has exposed significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the region.
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The A-Z of XEC
Richard Orton | September 26, 2024A new variant called XEC may soon become the dominant form of COVID around the world, so what it is and will it matter?
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The quest for “green” ammonia
Open Forum | September 26, 2024A new way of making ammonia by harnessing the unique power of liquid metal could lead to significant cuts in carbon emissions caused by production of the widely-used chemical.
