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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcel Scharth, Lecturer in Business Analytics, University of Sydney Shutterstock We’ve all had some kind of interaction with a chatbot. It’s usually a little pop-up in the corner of a website, offering customer support – often clunky to navigate – and almost always frustratingly non-specific. But imagine ... <a title="The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills. An expert explains why it’s so impressive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/the-chatgpt-chatbot-is-blowing-people-away-with-its-writing-skills-an-expert-explains-why-its-so-impressive-195908/" aria-label="Read more about The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills. An expert explains why it’s so impressive">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 29 October 2022, the New Zealand Listener published 10 Billion reasons to be cheerful, an article by Greg Dixon summarising “futurologist” Hamish McRae’s 2022 book The World in 2050: How to think about the future. (Note also the accompanying article, A blast from the past; and the letters responses.) The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Predicting the Coming Quarter Century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/keith-rankin-essay-predicting-the-coming-quarter-century/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Predicting the Coming Quarter Century">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania It’s been some journey for Anwar Ibrahim, the new Malaysian prime minister appointed last month. It took 24 years to go from being the country’s deputy prime minister in 1998 to becoming the prime minister today, at 75 ... <a title="The daunting task facing new Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim: uniting a divided country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/the-daunting-task-facing-new-malaysian-prime-minister-anwar-ibrahim-uniting-a-divided-country-195890/" aria-label="Read more about The daunting task facing new Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim: uniting a divided country">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Pedler, PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock/ Disney In Travis Linnemann’s book The Horror Of Police, he quotes David Grossman, founder of the “bulletproof warrior” seminar series, notorious for teaching police that killing is “just not that big of a deal.” At the end of ... <a title="‘Any means necessary’: the police who adopt the skull symbol of the ultra-violent comic book vigilante the Punisher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/any-means-necessary-the-police-who-adopt-the-skull-symbol-of-the-ultra-violent-comic-book-vigilante-the-punisher-195922/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Any means necessary’: the police who adopt the skull symbol of the ultra-violent comic book vigilante the Punisher">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter J. Dean, Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP Climate action is firmly on the political agenda in both Australia and the United States, following a recent change in government in both nations. As this year’s Australia-US Ministerial Consultations ... <a title="Australia and the US are firm friends on defence – now let’s turn that into world-beating climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/australia-and-the-us-are-firm-friends-on-defence-now-lets-turn-that-into-world-beating-climate-action-195905/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and the US are firm friends on defence – now let’s turn that into world-beating climate action">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Andrew, Professor of fisheries and international development, University of Wollongong Urchin barrens David Harasti, Author provided While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now. Long-spined ... <a title="Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/sea-urchins-have-invaded-tasmania-and-victoria-but-we-cant-work-out-what-to-do-with-them-194534/" aria-label="Read more about Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
By Sri Krishnamurthi While some women at the University of the South Pacific’s 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others felt isolated, had overwhelming mental challenges and some experienced domestic violence, a Pacific survey has found. Titled “University Women Remote Work Challenges”, the survey was funded by the Council of ... <a title="Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/domestic-violence-isolation-hit-pacific-women-during-pandemic-says-usp-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hazel Keedle, Lecturer of Midwifery, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Having a baby can be an empowering experience when women are treated with kindness and respect. However, some women are left feeling traumatised by how they were treated. When women receive disrespectful and abusive care from health providers ... <a title="1 in 10 Australian women report disrespectful or abusive care in childbirth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/1-in-10-australian-women-report-disrespectful-or-abusive-care-in-childbirth-186827/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 10 Australian women report disrespectful or abusive care in childbirth">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
RNZ Nine To Noon Post-graduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts — saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact on New Zealand’s research sector. AUT planned to cut 170 academic positions — those affected had until last Thursday to take voluntary redundancy or face a compulsory layoff. The petition states ... <a title="‘Huge distress’: Post-grad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/huge-distress-post-grad-students-feel-impact-of-aut-academic-staff-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Huge distress’: Post-grad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
RNZ News The New Zealand government has announced a Royal Commission into its covid-19 response. The Commission will be chaired by Australia-based epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely, former Cabinet minister Hekia Parata, and former Treasury Secretary John Whitehead. It will start considering evidence from February 1 next year, concluding in mid-2024. The Royal Commission will look ... <a title="NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/nz-announces-royal-commission-into-governments-covid-19-response/" aria-label="Read more about NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French judiciary has thrown out an alleged forgery and fraud case against former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse, relating to a property transaction in Paris. In 2018, Flosse and his son Reginald had been accused of forging management papers for a house which they had jointly owned with Gaston Flosse’s former wife. ... <a title="French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/french-judiciary-drop-forgery-fraud-case-against-tahitis-flosse/" aria-label="Read more about French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Luczak-Roesch, Associate Professor in Information Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images If the debate about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter tells us anything, it’s that people – including those in governments – don’t understand how the World Wide Web works. We ... <a title="It’s not just Twitter. The whole Internet is broken and we’d better fix it soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/its-not-just-twitter-the-whole-internet-is-broken-and-wed-better-fix-it-soon-195712/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just Twitter. The whole Internet is broken and we’d better fix it soon">Read more</a>
