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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gertjan Verdickt, Lecturer, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau When it comes to investing and planning your financial future, are you more willing to trust a person or a computer? This isn’t a hypothetical question any more. Big banks and investment firms are using artificial ... <a title="Do people trust AI on financial decisions? We found it really depends on who they are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/do-people-trust-ai-on-financial-decisions-we-found-it-really-depends-on-who-they-are-240900/" aria-label="Read more about Do people trust AI on financial decisions? We found it really depends on who they are">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has announced a first step in what it says is a crackdown on excessive card surcharges and threatened a ban on surcharges for debit cards from early 2026. In the latest of its cost-of-living measures, the government ... <a title="Albanese government has surcharges in its sights, as it pursues the votes of consumers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/albanese-government-has-surcharges-in-its-sights-as-it-pursues-the-votes-of-consumers-241251/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government has surcharges in its sights, as it pursues the votes of consumers">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson Nobel Prize Outreach The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule ... <a title="This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/this-years-nobel-prize-in-economics-awarded-to-team-that-examined-what-makes-some-countries-rich-and-others-poor-240890/" aria-label="Read more about This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Shuterstock First Peoples’ names for animals and plants undeniably enrich Australian culture. But to date, few names taken from a language of Australia’s First Peoples have been widely applied to birds. About 2,000 Australian bird species ... <a title="Giving First Nations names to our bird species is a lot more complex – and contentious – than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/giving-first-nations-names-to-our-bird-species-is-a-lot-more-complex-and-contentious-than-you-might-think-238432/" aria-label="Read more about Giving First Nations names to our bird species is a lot more complex – and contentious – than you might think">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney DALL-E via Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting personal. Chatbots are designed to imitate human interactions, and the rise of realistic voice chat is leading many users to form emotional attachments or laugh along with ... <a title="The AI sexbot industry is just getting started. It brings strange new questions – and risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/the-ai-sexbot-industry-is-just-getting-started-it-brings-strange-new-questions-and-risks-238998/" aria-label="Read more about The AI sexbot industry is just getting started. It brings strange new questions – and risks">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynzi Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington It has been two decades since New Zealand decriminalised sex work. And while sex workers have workplace rights, they still worry about the risks of discrimination in everyday life. In my recent research, ... <a title="Two decades after decriminalisation, NZ’s sex workers still need protection from discrimination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/two-decades-after-decriminalisation-nzs-sex-workers-still-need-protection-from-discrimination-240787/" aria-label="Read more about Two decades after decriminalisation, NZ’s sex workers still need protection from discrimination">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Igor Corovic/Shutterstock With COVID still classified as an ongoing pandemic, it’s difficult to contemplate the next one. But we need to be prepared. We’ve seen several pandemics in recent decades and it’s fair to expect we’ll ... <a title="Lessons for the next pandemic: where did Australia go right and wrong in responding to COVID?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/lessons-for-the-next-pandemic-where-did-australia-go-right-and-wrong-in-responding-to-covid-239819/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons for the next pandemic: where did Australia go right and wrong in responding to COVID?">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Economics (modelling), Australian National University ChristieCooper/Shutterstock The independent inquiry into the government’s COVID response is due to report on October 25. As part of its investigation into the government’s economic responses, I briefed it on the findings of my economic modelling, using the ... <a title="The government spent twice what it needed to on economic support during COVID, modelling shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/the-government-spent-twice-what-it-needed-to-on-economic-support-during-covid-modelling-shows-240999/" aria-label="Read more about The government spent twice what it needed to on economic support during COVID, modelling shows">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Andre Breton A century ago, French writer André Breton published a manifesto that would go on to become one of the most influential artistic texts of the 20th century. Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism launched a ... <a title="100 years of surrealism: how a French writer inspired by the avant-garde changed the world forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/100-years-of-surrealism-how-a-french-writer-inspired-by-the-avant-garde-changed-the-world-forever-237464/" aria-label="Read more about 100 years of surrealism: how a French writer inspired by the avant-garde changed the world forever">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne The Australian government has committed A$95 million to fight a virulent strain of bird flu wreaking havoc globally. With the arrival of millions of migratory birds this spring, there is an increased risk of a deadly strain arriving ... <a title="‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 million to fight the latest deadly bird flu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/15/awful-reality-albanese-government-injects-95-million-to-fight-the-latest-deadly-bird-flu-241243/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 million to fight the latest deadly bird flu">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lizzy Lowe, Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow in Ecology and Entomology, Edith Cowan University If you notice a tiny, strikingly coloured spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock spider. New species of peacock spider are discovered every year; the tally is now ... <a title="This beautiful peacock spider was only found two years ago. Now it could be dancing its last dance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/14/this-beautiful-peacock-spider-was-only-found-two-years-ago-now-it-could-be-dancing-its-last-dance-238437/" aria-label="Read more about This beautiful peacock spider was only found two years ago. Now it could be dancing its last dance">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Powles, Associate Professor of Law and Technology; Director, UWA Tech & Policy Lab, Law School, The University of Western Australia Since 2019, the Australian Department for Industry, Science and Resources has been striving to make the nation a leader in “safe and responsible” artificial intelligence (AI). ... <a title="Australia has led the way regulating gene technology for over 20 years. Here’s how it should apply that to AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/14/australia-has-led-the-way-regulating-gene-technology-for-over-20-years-heres-how-it-should-apply-that-to-ai-240571/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has led the way regulating gene technology for over 20 years. Here’s how it should apply that to AI">Read more</a>
