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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Computational Law & AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Tengyart / Unsplash Earlier this month, Meta announced new AI software called Galactica: “a large language model that can store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge”. Launched with a public online demo, ... <a title="The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/the-galactica-ai-model-was-trained-on-scientific-knowledge-but-it-spat-out-alarmingly-plausible-nonsense-195445/" aria-label="Read more about The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsense">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Negar Partow, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Massey University A protest image of Mahsa Amani, whose death ignited anti-regime demonstrations across Iran and the world. Getty Images The ongoing protests in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the country’s “Guidance ... <a title="Headwear and hegemony: how ‘turban tossing’ protests are threatening Iran’s ruling clergy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/headwear-and-hegemony-how-turban-tossing-protests-are-threatening-irans-ruling-clergy-195543/" aria-label="Read more about Headwear and hegemony: how ‘turban tossing’ protests are threatening Iran’s ruling clergy">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today THREE WATERS Jane Patterson (RNZ): Three Waters anti-privatisation blunder adds to storm of controversy Jo Moir (Newsroom): The chaos behind the Greens’ controversial Three ... <a title="Newsletter: November 30 2022 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/newsletter-november-30-2022-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: November 30 2022 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: The window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to avert some of the worst ... <a title="OP-ED: Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero? – Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/op-ed-can-asia-and-the-pacific-get-on-track-to-net-zero-armida-salsiah-alisjahbana/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero? – Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Hanckel, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University Pexels/Ron Lach, CC BY Young people experience mental health difficulties at a higher rate than any other age group. While there’s ongoing discussion about the formal supports they need, young people say they’re most likely to speak with peers ... <a title="You’ve got a friend: young people help each other with their mental health for 3.5 hours every week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/youve-got-a-friend-young-people-help-each-other-with-their-mental-health-for-3-5-hours-every-week-194530/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve got a friend: young people help each other with their mental health for 3.5 hours every week">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Without strong climate action, forests on every continent will be highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year by the end of the century – and this fire threat is far greater for some forests including ... <a title="Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/many-forests-will-become-highly-flammable-for-at-least-30-extra-days-per-year-unless-we-cut-emissions-research-finds-195546/" aria-label="Read more about Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Swist, Researcher, University of Sydney Shutterstock A Sydney high school recently introduced fingerprint technology to “help narrow down” students who were vandalising school toilets. Under the plan, students needed to to scan their fingerprints to get access to the toilets or pick-up a swipe card if ... <a title="As more biometric data is collected in schools, parents need to ask these 10 questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/as-more-biometric-data-is-collected-in-schools-parents-need-to-ask-these-10-questions-191263/" aria-label="Read more about As more biometric data is collected in schools, parents need to ask these 10 questions">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Stan There’s something about the wintry quality of so much Christmas iconography – snow, mistletoe, fireplaces – that just doesn’t gel with the Southern hemisphere. So it’s not really that strange that Australian Christmas films ... <a title="Christmas Ransom: I quite enjoyed watching this (terrible) new Aussie Christmas film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/christmas-ransom-i-quite-enjoyed-watching-this-terrible-new-aussie-christmas-film-194515/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas Ransom: I quite enjoyed watching this (terrible) new Aussie Christmas film">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lensen, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence | Pūkenga, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to its deployment in courtrooms overseas. In China, robot judges decide on small claim cases, while in some Malaysian courts, ... <a title="We built an algorithm that predicts the length of court sentences – could AI play a role in the justice system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/we-built-an-algorithm-that-predicts-the-length-of-court-sentences-could-ai-play-a-role-in-the-justice-system-193300/" aria-label="Read more about We built an algorithm that predicts the length of court sentences – could AI play a role in the justice system?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the Indigenous Voice provoked divisions in the Nationals, Anthony Albanese rejected the party’s claim it wouldn’t help “close the gap” for First Nations Australians. The federal Nationals, announcing this week they’ll oppose the Voice, argued it would not have ... <a title="Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/albanese-insists-voice-will-help-close-the-gap-as-divisions-flare-in-nationals-195564/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon C. Day, PSM, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Kristin Hoel/Unsplash, CC BY-SA You might be forgiven for thinking it’s Groundhog Day reading headlines about the Great Barrier Reef potentially being listed on the World Heritage “in ... <a title="We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/we-all-know-the-great-barrier-reef-is-in-danger-the-un-has-just-confirmed-it-again-195551/" aria-label="Read more about We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the “crime” of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s ... <a title="How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/how-australian-economist-sean-turnell-came-to-be-in-and-freed-from-a-myanmar-jail-195419/" aria-label="Read more about How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail">Read more</a>
