TechCrunch
OpenAI's AI agents leaked 53 user images onto public hosting sites, and the company can't even figure out whose they were. Privacy, it turns out, is just a suggestion.
The Guardian
An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare, Qantas staff walked off the job, and Australia signed a bunch of deals - all while the OECD gently suggested inflation might stick around like a bad houseguest.
The Guardian
Albanese defends his late mother against Hanson's housing critique, while Hastie calls Hanson a 'lying coward' and suggests her own MPs regret joining the circus.
The Guardian
Instagram's CEO warns that without algorithms, you'll be drowning in brand content - which is exactly what algorithms already do, just more efficiently.
The Guardian
Australia's new digital duty of care bill promises to give users control over their social media feeds, punish big tech with massive fines, and maybe - just maybe - save us all from the algorithm's relentless grip.
The Guardian
Australia's resources minister celebrates the opening of a massive gas basin, proving that some politicians are willing to bet against the planet's future for a photo op.
The Guardian
Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn finally watched her zero-point Olympic breakdance routine and, in a stunning display of optimism, declared it 'not as bad as I thought!'
The Guardian
Australia's first home buyers are thriving under a government scheme while investors step back, proving that sometimes policy actually does what it says on the tin.
The Guardian
Japan's defence minister visits Australia to talk frigates, while a melon-related hand gesture controversy threatens to overshadow everything.
The Guardian
Coalition backbenchers want tougher gambling laws, but the real scandal is Albanese's melon gift. Priorities, people.
The Guardian
Nikki Osborne drops a rhyming response to the 'shag, marry, date' controversy, calling it recreational outrage while Australia spirals over other news.
The Guardian
Question time gets spicy with a suspension, the NACC boss resigns amid bias claims, and stranded Australians in Syria finally book plane tickets home - all while the PM masterfully dodges a question about gas lobbyists.
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