A study reveals that adults rated AI-generated short stories as more absorbing and of higher quality than human-written ones, though participants still gave higher ratings to stories they believed were authored by humans.
Northern Territory Children's Commissioner Shahleena Musk resigned, citing government "sidelining" and opposition to controversial child protection law changes. The new laws replace the Aboriginal child placement principle with a "universal principle" and are opposed by First Nations groups and advocates.
Former UK spy chief David Omand believes AI can create moral frameworks for autonomous drones, allowing them to distinguish combatants from civilians and comply with international law. He argues this is an operational inevitability due to modern warfare's speed, advocating for human "on the loop" oversight rather than "in the loop" control.
UK PM Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood have raised "serious questions" for police following the release of bodycam footage showing officers' response to the murder of Henry Nowak. The footage shows Nowak, who was dying, being handcuffed while his killer, Vickrum Digwa, falsely claimed to be a victim of a racist attack. Digwa was jailed for life for the murder.
A study published in PLOS One analyzed consumer decision-making regarding free shipping. Using fMRI, researchers found that consumers show a stronger preference for free shipping, even when the total cost is the same. The brain exhibits different activity patterns depending on the shipping cost comparison.
