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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: AI tipping point warning; concerns about aged care scheme; and a US rate hike

A preview of the 'world’s first Museum of AI Arts' in Los Angeles
Concerns over AI safety are reaching a point where governments realise they must act to protect the public, one of the ‘godfathers’ of the technology says. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Morning everyone. One of the godfathers of AI technology has warned that we are fast-approaching a Covid-style inflection point where governments have to act to protect the public. We also report on JD Vance shrugging off calls for regulation and have an explainer on what proposals to allow an AI scrape of Australian content means.

Federal health officials were left in turmoil by an algorithm to determine aged care packages, Guardian analysis reveals how the grants program massively favoured Labor, US rates go up for the first time since 2023, and what’s behind the explosion in new Asian fast-food chains?

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