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@paulkarp.bsky.socialIn POLITICO Australia Canberra Playbook:
-- When will ATO back down on card ban?
-- Rent growth slows nationally, rents down in Sydney
-- Preview of CPAC by @finnmchugh.bsky.social
-- Alan Gamlen: our migration problem isn't too many arrivals - Amanda Copp
@paulkarp.bsky.socialCoalition wants 45,000 migrants for major projects — including for fossil fuels, Beetaloo basin gas
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@paulkarp.bsky.socialCanberra Playbook
— AUKUS Pillar II: Refocused or scaled back?
— Fossil fuel carrot in Coalition migration plan
— High Court throws spanner in works of coal mine
-- Dominello on AI
-- interview with Pope's AI advisor
@paulkarp.bsky.socialSCOOP: Australia eyes ripping up $2.3B immigration detention contract
--new details of financial penalties being paid by Secure Journeys, US-owned private prison operator
--Home Affairs asks AGS for all options including termination
@paulkarp.bsky.socialCanberra Playbook: Happy birthday, Angus: Rate hike hands Taylor his political moment
-- Home Affairs warned public sector about legacy systems - Miriam Weber
-- surprise 3-way contest for Greens leadership - @finnmchugh.bsky.social
@paulkarp.bsky.socialStanding on the shoulders of giants (mostly you)
@paulkarp.bsky.socialUPDATED: the government has released the OpenAI email sent to Services Australia on Sept. 10
OpenAI fessed its agent managed to get internal files without a private account or password.
@crikey.com.auReposted by @paulkarp.bsky.socialOpinion | Political cartoonists are a dying breed, with publications slowly waiting for them to leave before bricking up the door behind them, writes New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield.
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@paulkarp.bsky.socialBREAKING: 'Do better for Australia' - OpenAI apologizes for unauthorized Medicare statistical data access.
Company says its AI agents were searching for info on health spending.
@paulkarp.bsky.socialIn POLITICO Canberra Playbook:
— Greens leadership gets hard reset, Waters out sick
— Reserve Bank expected to announce another interest rate hike at 2:30 p.m.
-- "We get to pick the poison, but it’s still poison" says Chris Richardson
@paulkarp.bsky.social‘Drones have revolutionized warfare, agents will revolutionize cybercrime’
-- POLITICO Canberra Playbook
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@paulkarp.bsky.socialFloreat grammatica
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@chrismarsden.bsky.socialReposted by @paulkarp.bsky.social"OpenAI chose to email a generic inbox of Services Australia as its notification method. While OpenAI has not broken any laws in its notification approach, that email took the place of informing the public servants leading Services Australia,the ministry responsible"
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@paulkarp.bsky.social‘Unintentional’ OpenAI data hack prompts calls to toughen Australian AI laws - w @finnmchugh.bsky.social
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@paulkarp.bsky.socialYes - we'll ask. Acting PM/Defence Minister Richard Marles said we're still investigating if it is illegal!
@paulkarp.bsky.socialUnless of course there are serious consequences for breaches. We're at a fork in the road.
@paulkarp.bsky.socialAI gaining unauthorized access to Medicare data from an Australian government website feels like first cases of COVID. Definitely a big story, but about to happen like 1000+ more times.
@paulkarp.bsky.socialAustralia and Ukraine eye new defense pact in New York
Labor shrugs off Trump admin criticism
Coalition’s chainsaw to Labor’s green revolution
-- full POLITICO Canberra Playbook
@paulkarp.bsky.socialThanks Possum!
@paulkarp.bsky.socialU.S. warning on duty of care fails to deter Australian ire at big tech
--Josh Burns and Ed Husic slam big tech
--Aust Govt impact assessment itself acknowledged possible unintended consequences share.google/XI3RQmWQJuDI...
