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Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rita Matulionyte, Senior Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University Shutterstock As artificial intelligence (AI) reaches the peak of its popularity, researchers have warned the industry might be running out of training data – the fuel that runs powerful AI systems. This could slow down the growth of AI ... <a title="Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/researchers-warn-we-could-run-out-of-data-to-train-ai-by-2026-what-then-216741/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers warn we could run out of data to train AI by 2026. What then?">Read more</a>

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By reviewing the name of the Baden-Powell Award, Scouts Australia is grappling with its colonial past

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciara Smart, PhD candidate in Australasian Colonial History, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Scouts Australia is considering changing the name of its most prestigious youth award, the Baden-Powell Scout Award. Presented to recipients by the governor-general, this award is named after the movement’s founder, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, fondly ... <a title="By reviewing the name of the Baden-Powell Award, Scouts Australia is grappling with its colonial past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/by-reviewing-the-name-of-the-baden-powell-award-scouts-australia-is-grappling-with-its-colonial-past-216172/" aria-label="Read more about By reviewing the name of the Baden-Powell Award, Scouts Australia is grappling with its colonial past">Read more</a>

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The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University Luke Jones/Unsplash Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions. These days, we don’t think much about ... <a title="The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-antibiotics-what-would-a-post-antibiotic-world-look-like-213450/" aria-label="Read more about The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?">Read more</a>

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How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Blaskovich, Professor, The University of Queensland CDC/Unsplash Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions. “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”, originally coined by ... <a title="How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/how-do-bacteria-actually-become-resistant-to-antibiotics-213451/" aria-label="Read more about How do bacteria actually become resistant to antibiotics?">Read more</a>

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Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrin Meissner, Professor and Director of the Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW Sydney YanaBu, Shutterstock Our planet has warmed by about 1.2°C since 1850. But this warming is not uniform. Warming at the poles, especially the Arctic, has been three to four times faster than the ... <a title="Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/luminous-mother-of-pearl-clouds-explain-why-climate-models-miss-so-much-arctic-and-antarctic-warming-217066/" aria-label="Read more about Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming">Read more</a>

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Making money green: Australia takes its first steps towards a net zero finance strategy

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Atherton, Program Lead, Business, Economy and Governance at the Institute for Sustainable Futures., University of Technology Sydney This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. Just north of Jamestown in South Australia, 70 kilometres east of the ... <a title="Making money green: Australia takes its first steps towards a net zero finance strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/making-money-green-australia-takes-its-first-steps-towards-a-net-zero-finance-strategy-214063/" aria-label="Read more about Making money green: Australia takes its first steps towards a net zero finance strategy">Read more</a>

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Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job-ready Graduates’ fee changes

November 8, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Kabatek, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Jeswin Thomas/ Pexels, CC BY-SA In January 2021, the Morrison government changed the way university fees are set with the Job-ready Graduates scheme. The idea was to steer students into courses ... <a title="Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job-ready Graduates’ fee changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/08/only-1-5-of-students-swapped-fields-due-to-the-job-ready-graduates-fee-changes-215539/" aria-label="Read more about Only 1.5% of students swapped fields due to the ‘Job-ready Graduates’ fee changes">Read more</a>

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Why it’s a good bet the RBA’s Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last

November 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia just became become the odd one out. At its meeting last week, the US Federal Reserve kept its official interest rate on hold. A week earlier, the European Central Bank and the Bank of ... <a title="Why it’s a good bet the RBA’s Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/why-its-a-good-bet-the-rbas-melbourne-cup-day-interest-rate-hike-will-be-the-last-217094/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s a good bet the RBA’s Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last">Read more</a>

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Mixed-gender hospital rooms are on the rise in New Zealand, but the practice is unsafe and unethical

November 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cindy Towns, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff Mixed-gender rooms are increasingly common in New Zealand’s hospitals, based on evidence from hospital complaints and a large Wellington study. But our new research demonstrates that placing men and women in the same hospital room is unsafe and unethical. ... <a title="Mixed-gender hospital rooms are on the rise in New Zealand, but the practice is unsafe and unethical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/mixed-gender-hospital-rooms-are-on-the-rise-in-new-zealand-but-the-practice-is-unsafe-and-unethical-216263/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed-gender hospital rooms are on the rise in New Zealand, but the practice is unsafe and unethical">Read more</a>

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A Senate inquiry says Australia needs a national ADHD framework to improve diagnosis and reduce costs

November 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Coghill, Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Around 800,00 Australians live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is the most common mental health condition in children aged four to 17, and around half of those with childhood ADHD continue to ... <a title="A Senate inquiry says Australia needs a national ADHD framework to improve diagnosis and reduce costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/a-senate-inquiry-says-australia-needs-a-national-adhd-framework-to-improve-diagnosis-and-reduce-costs-215798/" aria-label="Read more about A Senate inquiry says Australia needs a national ADHD framework to improve diagnosis and reduce costs">Read more</a>

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High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre

November 7, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Grealy, Research fellow, Menzies School of Health Research The relationships between tenants and landlords are often fraught, but it’s fair to expect a house to meet basic standards, like having a back door. That wasn’t the case for an Aboriginal woman in a remote community, who ... <a title="High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/07/high-court-then-what-nt-remote-housing-reforms-need-to-put-indigenous-residents-front-and-centre-216908/" aria-label="Read more about High Court, then what? NT remote housing reforms need to put Indigenous residents front and centre">Read more</a>

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Geoffrey Miller Analysis – The foreign affairs puzzle facing NZ’s new Government

November 6, 2023

Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. New Zealand’s new Government will need to hit the ground running on foreign affairs. Determining New Zealand’s full response to the war in Gaza and the fallout in the wider Middle East will be the first major test for whoever takes the foreign minister’s role. New Zealand has been run by ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller Analysis – The foreign affairs puzzle facing NZ’s new Government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/06/geoffrey-miller-analysis-the-foreign-affairs-puzzle-facing-nzs-new-government/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller Analysis – The foreign affairs puzzle facing NZ’s new Government">Read more</a>