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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will introduce parental controls, a major change to the popular chatbot. The move comes a week after the California family of a teen who died by suicide, alleged in a lawsuit that the AI-powered app encouraged their son to hide his intentions.OpenAI said in a blog post on Tuesday that, from next month, it would offer tools that allow parents to set limits for how their teens use the technology, and receive notifications if the chatbot detects that they are in “acute distress.” It said it had been working on the controls since earlier this year.ChatGPT and other…

The Defence chief arrived in London on Tuesday, local time, and confirmed that Australian military planners were part of the discussions with NATO defence officials about operational support for any decisions taken at the coalition summit.“We’re involved in the planning, and we will wait until there is a peace deal of some sort, and then wait for our government’s direction on how it wants to handle it,” he told reporters in London.Albanese was an early supporter of the coalition when Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer formed the group at the start of this year, although he made no…

Albanese travelled to China to meet Xi in July and spruiked warmer ties, but the government did not want to be anywhere near the parade where Xi hosted Putin and Kim and a raft of other anti-Western national leaders.Andrews, a long-time ally of Albanese from the same Left faction, advised the prime minister on debate tactics before the last election, and the pair caught up for lunch at Melbourne’s Gimlet restaurant in June.Questions about Andrews’ trip to Beijing plagued debate in Canberra on Wednesday. Albanese was twice asked about Andrews’ attendance at the parade during question time on Wednesday.“The Australian…

Despite AI, Irvine said he was not worried about a lack of jobs for the workforce – pointing to manual work in areas such as construction, and the “care economy”.“We need hundreds of thousands more people building stuff, and it’s going to be a long time before robots are building our houses or a robot is fixing the toilet,” he said.‘The type of work people are doing is going to change and there’ll be less white-collar work for people who don’t like using AI. In fact, there may be very little of that.’NAB boss Andrew Irvine“We need people in the…

Cardi B throws pen at reporter shortly after assault charges dropped Cardi B shuts down the disrespectful pregnancy rumours swirling online.The Bodak Yellow singer being cleared of assault charges in a $24 million lawsuit. The rapper, 32, was sued by security guard Emani Ellis, who alleged Cardi B cut her cheek with her 3-inch fingernail and spat on her outside an obstetrician’s office in 2018.The jury only took a single hearing to give a verdict in Cardi’s favour, dismissing claims of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, and false imprisonment. As Cardi B addressed reporters outside the courthouse,…

“Victims … should have a say if a sentence is being altered, exactly the way if they were given parole or applied for parole, victims are notified about that,” the 27-year-old told this masthead.Jett says victims of crime should be notified when a perpetrator makes an assisted dying application. Credit: Nevaeh Jett“Realistically, he should just be left to suffer with the terminal illness that he had. Sure, have palliative care. That’s a standard human right, everybody deserves that. But to get a privilege that innocent people have been denied is preposterous.”But Liz Jacka, a spokeswoman from Dying with Dignity NSW,…

ADELAIDEB: J.Worrell, M.Keane, R.LairdHB: W.Milera, N.Murray, M.MichalanneyC: I.Cumming, J.Dawson, D.CurtinHF: B.Keays, R.Thilthorpe, A.Neal-BullenF: Z.Taylor, T.Walker, D.FogartyFOLL: R.O’Brien, S.Berry, J.SoligoI/C: B.Smith, L.Pedlar, J.Peatling, M.Hinge, H.BondEMG: C.Burgess, J.Butts, B.DowlingIN: M.Michalanney, L.PedlarOUT: B.Dowling (omitted), S.Draper (omitted)COLLINGWOODB: B.Frampton, D.Moore, B.MaynardHB: H.Perryman, J.Daicos, W.ParkerC: J.Crisp, N.Long, S.SidebottomHF: J.De Goey, T.Membrey, B.McCreeryF: J.Elliott, B.Mihocek, L.SchultzFOLL: D.Cameron, S.Pendlebury, N.DaicosI/C: P.Lipinski, I.Quaynor, D.Houston, R.Steele, M.CoxEMG: T.Mitchell, D.McStay, E.AllanIN: W.Parker, M.CoxOUT: J.Howe (injured), D.McStay (omitted)

Xero, which was founded in New Zealand in 2006, produces cloud accounting software and its Xerocon summit is sometimes dubbed “Coachella for accountants”. The company used its flashy event to announce a range of new AI features and detail its plans to grow in the lucrative US market, thanks to a $US2.5 billion acquisition of payments platform Melio. Xero has long struggled to crack into the US, where rivals like Intuit remain dominant.Xero’s chairman, former Telstra chief executive David Thodey, told Xero’s AGM that remuneration was a “complex issue” but that the current structure was the right one for the…

Roggeveen said the most unusual feature of the parade was the number of systems that are not yet in active service.“A lot of the equipment we saw is in the prototype or preproduction phase,” he said.DF-61 missiles take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Credit: APThe biggest revelation of the day, Roggeveen said, was the unveiling of the Dongfeng-61, a new land-based intercontinental missile with a range extending beyond 14,000 kilometres. The newest addition to China’s nuclear arsenal sits alongside the DF-5C,…

Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been forced to walk back her inflammatory claim that the federal government is bringing in specific groups of migrants, including Indian people, to bolster its vote.Price made the incorrect allegation as she weighed into immigration issues on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing program on Wednesday, days after anti-immigration rallies on the weekend led to violent incidents and a prominent neo-Nazi being charged.Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price draped in the Australian flag in the Senate on Wednesday.Credit: Alex EllinghausenPrice singled out Indian migrants – who were targeted by protesters at weekend rallies that have been condemned for…