What we learned, Wednesday 24 April 2024
With that, we’ll end our live coverage of the day’s news.
Here’s a summary of the main news developments:
Seven juveniles have been arrested as part of extensive counter-terrorism raids across south-western Sydney, with police alleging they adhere to a “religiously motivated violent extremist ideology”.
The bishop who was allegedly stabbed in his Sydney church last week has written an affidavit for Elon Musk’s X, arguing video of the attack should not be censored as ordered by the Australian online safety regulator, the federal court has heard.
Woodside Energy has suffered an embarrassing rebuke of its climate credentials after its emissions plan was overwhelmingly rejected by shareholders at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
Having pleaded guilty to maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child, a former teacher now wants the conviction overturned on the basis she cannot be held legally responsible due to her gender.
Victorian homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman after her body was discovered in the state’s north on Tuesday.
Thanks for reading, and have a pleasant evening.
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Queensland’s state library launched an AI war veteran chatbot. Pranksters immediately tried to break it
“Charlie”, the AI war veteran chatbot, was programmed to educate people about the first world war, mateship and life in the trenches in time for Anzac Day.
But less than 24 hours after the bot was launched, internet users were already attempting to “jailbreak” it.
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