The risks of AI chatbots in a lonely world
By Daniel You, Micah Boerma and Yuen Siew Koo
Within two days of launching its AI companions last month, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot app Grok became the most popular app
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Hobart welcomes back its oldest capital city status
Hobart has replaced Adelaide as the oldest capital city in Australia.
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed, in 2024, the Tasmanian capital’s media age
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Top cop to steer football operations at Perth Bears
The newest entry in Australia’s often scandal-plagued sport of rugby league is putting integrity at the heart the organisation.
The Perth Bears Rugby League Club has
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Fraudsters in form for footy finals frenzy
With tickets to the AFL finals on sale from today, footy fans are being warned to look out for scammers out for a big score.
Australian Banking Association (ABA) CEO
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Voices unite to guide the future of K’Gari
A two-day conference on Queensland’s Fraser Coast will help shape the future one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage-listed landscapes.
The University of the
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Space telescope reveals Butterfly’s dying heart
The dying star of one of the Milky Way galaxy’s best studied planetary nebulae has been pinpointed through new images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
An
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SEQ cities too hot in search for the Goldilocks zone
Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast have populations which cannot be sustainably supported by current infrastructure.
That is the finding of a new study which
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Queen’s Wharf markets bid to appeal to everyone
Queen’s Wharf will host markets every Thursday, starting from September 4, as part of a move to make the development cheaper and more family-friendly.
The move comes
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Superannuation death wishes the great unknown
Thousands of grieving families are at risk of not being in control of one of their largest assets after a death.
New research from Super Consumers Australia found more
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Tunnel testing makes way for 24-hour weekend buses
Round-the-clock weekend Brisbane Metro services along the M1 route begin this weekend after the completion of comprehensive testing of the Adelaide Street tunnel.
Lord
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