The federal government has released an exposure draft of its long-promised digital duty of care. The headline feature is an "off switch". Social media platforms would have to ask users, through prompts that appear from time to time, whether they want to keep a personalised, algorithm-driven feed, or instead see mostly the accounts they have chosen to follow.
There have been two topics on which former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has been a persistent, passionate commentator in the three decades since his retirement. One was intensely local: Sydney urban planning. The other was as wide as the world: the global order and Australia's place in it.
In the two latest new federal polls, Morgan was good for Labor but Essential was bad. There were four federal polls taken last week, largely before the Western Australian Secret Harbour byelection. The total vote for One Nation and the Coalition was 44% in Morgan (down four), 49% in Newspoll (up two), 49% in Essential (up two) and 50% in Redbridge (down three).
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has urged leading artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable AI models, warning that rapid advances could outstrip efforts to control and secure the technology.
The Houthis have warned against foreign intervention in Yemen's escalating conflict, while raising the possibility of closing a major regional shipping route as tensions spread across the Middle East. US President Donald Trump said the Iran-aligned Houthi movement had contacted Washington and asked the United States not to intervene in the conflict with Yemen's internationally recognised government.
The United States has warned American companies to exercise extreme caution when considering business dealings with Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, highlighting the potential legal and financial consequences of transactions involving the group.
Heavy fighting has intensified in Yemen as Houthi forces press a new offensive against troops aligned with the country's internationally recognised government, with the Houthis reportedly advancing towards the strategically important northern city of Marib.
Fighting has intensified across several fronts in Yemen as forces aligned with the internationally recognised government launch attacks against Houthi positions following the group's capture of the strategic port city of Mocha. The latest escalation has increased concerns over control of Yemen's Red Sea coastline and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints.
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has urged leading artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable AI models, warning that rapid advances could outstrip efforts to control and secure the technology.
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has urged leading artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable AI models, warning that rapid advances could outstrip efforts to control and secure the technology.




















































































































































