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‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in
Pioneering computer scientist Yoshua Bengio says his new AI model will make the world safer. But will it work?
The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own
A new exhibition from the National Gallery of Victoria brings together over 70 fabulous garments of exquisite craftsmanship.
John Pesutto owes Moira Deeming $2.3m, but he doesn’t have it. Can former premiers be forced to pick up the tab?
Pesutto is on the hook for legal costs after being found to have defamed Deeming. Now she’s intending to sue Pesutto’s ...
Can a book help the left rebuild the good life? Ezra Klein’s Abundance is the talk of Washington – and Canberra
Jim Chalmers, Andrew Leigh and Gavin Newsom are among the high-ranking politicians reading and sharing Abundance – a book ...
Defections are fairly common in Australian politics. But history shows they are rarely a good career move
Dorinda Cox has left the Greens to join Labor. She is the latest in a long line of politicians elected under one party banner ...
Premature babies are given sucrose for pain relief – but new research shows it doesn’t stop long-term impacts on development
Preterm babies receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. Pain in early life has been linked to altered brain development ...
‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement
French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at the National Gallery of Victoria, features over a 100 of these ...
Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism
Trump also claims national security justifications for tariffs and other policies that he has declared national emergencies, ...