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A Norwegian man has filed a complaint against the company behind ChatGPT after the chatbot falsely claimed he had murdered two of his children. Arve Hjalmar Holmen, a self-described “regular person” with no public profile in Norway, asked ChatGPT for information about himself and received a reply claiming he had killed his own sons. Responding … Read more
Former Greens leader Bob Brown has urged the minor party not to preference Labor ahead of the Liberal party in Tasmanian seats at the upcoming election if the Albanese government legislates to effectively exempt salmon farming from national environment laws. Conservationists have sharply criticised Anthony Albanese’s pledge that he will rush through legislation next week … Read more
(This article forms a part of the Data Point newsletter curated by The Hindu’s Data team. To get the newsletter in your inbox, subscribe here.) While print journalism has evolved significantly in recent years to include a variety of new offerings beyond traditional news and opinion, such as data journalism and explanatory journalism, an overarching concern … Read more
A Soviet-era dissident has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia for his anti-war views, in a case that observers say highlights how the country’s repression now exceeds even parts of the Soviet period. Alexander Skobov, a 67-year-old lifelong dissident, was sentenced on Friday by a military court in St Petersburg over a … Read more
Aregawi was building a tour-guiding business when war struck Ethiopia’s Tigray region in 2020. He spent the next two years fighting on the frontline. Now he is among those who fear Tigray is on the brink of conflict once more. “We don’t want to become a battleground, but it seems like war is near, maybe … Read more
French investigators have begun a search for further victims of a paedophile surgeon on trial for raping or sexually assaulting 299 mostly young patients, after he admitted all the charges in what was described as a “turning point” in France’s largest child abuse case. Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, had said “I committed heinous acts” at … Read more
Opening summary Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news on this Friday morning. We begin with the news that president Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked … Read more
The head of Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, has been dismissed, a week after Benjamin Netanyahu said he had lost confidence in him, and despite three days of protests against the move. “The government unanimously approved prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to end ISA [Israeli Security Agency] director Ronen Bar’s term of office,” a … Read more
Guardian Australia journalists have been recognised for their reporting across a range of categories at the Melbourne Press Club awards. Inequality reporter, Stephanie Convery, won the award for reporting on disability issues with her story about how Australians with disabilities are paid a lower super rate in supported employment. Guardian staff were also highly commended … Read more
Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts says that David Lynch “wanted to go back to work” before his death in January. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Watts revealed that she had spent an afternoon with Lynch in November, along with Laura Dern, who acted in Lynch’s Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. “We … Read more