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An investigation into how AI chatbots respond to violent requests produces "deeply disturbing" results, as OpenAI denies ChatGPT encourage crime.

An Indigenous man in traditional cultural dress at a smoking ceremony
An Indigenous person stands next to the Balbuk Yooreel statue in a park
Noongar elder Aunty Tina Hayden carries out a Welcome to Country
Article is a 3 minute read.

Indigenous elders explain why they believe Welcome to Country ceremonies have faced opposition, and why abandoning the practice would create a cultural "abyss".

Two rescuers ferry dog to a waiting vessel and safety
dog on island
Two rescuers ferry dog to a waiting vessel and safety
Article is a 2 minute read.

The large pooch swam 800 metres to a nearby island after being swept off rocks at Batemans Bay.

Woman with black curly hard and yellow glasses looking out a window frame
Article is a 11 minute read.

Rachel Kila has waived her right to anonymity to join dozens of others speaking out about the experiences of young girls in Byron Bay in the early 2000s, where they say it became normalised for older boys and men to groom and have sex with girls then publicly humiliate them.

Zendaya as Rue peering through a doorway with face bruised
Jacob Elordi standing in a kitchen holding raw meat over a bowl as if cooking
Sydney Sweeney holding an ice cream cone which is melting in her hand
Article is a 6 minute read.

Here's your recap of season 3, episode 8 of Euphoria. There are spoilers. You have been warned.

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Four SES workers in orange hi-vis clothing work to repair the damaged roof of a house with a fallen tree lying on it.
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A side fence lies on the ground next to a pool in the backyard of a house after being blown over in a storm.
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Tens of thousands of homes are without power and the SES receives hundreds of calls for help, with the roofs torn off two apartment buildings, after WA's southern half is hammered by more severe weather.

Bright blue water with rocks in the foreground.
This AI-generated video claims to show the Kimberley's Devonian limestone reef, with "sunbathing crocodiles".
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A wave of AI-generated videos posted to social media causes a stir among tour operators in WA's north. They say the content does not accurately portray the region and threatens the preservation of Indigenous culture.

A close-up shot of a Gebang palm tree in flower, with small yellow tufts growing outward.
A man wearing a hat and holding a camera, looking into the distance as he stands underneath a flowering palm tree.
A group of tall palm trees beside a lake.
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About 20 Gebang palms have flowered in Darwin in a rare spectacle, reaffirming the local council's plans to foster a new generation of the trees.

Two men in blue shirts smile for a selfie inside a vintage Studebaker. The man on the left wears a hat and sunnies.
A vintage Studebaker car sits front and centre among a campground in the outback under a beautiful pink setting sky.
A man has his head stuck in the bonnet of a vintage car while cables run to a prado pulled up next to him on the red dirt.
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If you saw a car in the central Australian outback you wouldn't expect it to be a vintage 1925 Studebaker ... let alone two of them, driven by two men called Brenton.

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