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AI BEST PRACTICE
The government has just released a guide for how workplaces can use AI, but not take people's jobs! Artificial intelligence. It's tech we're seeing in more and more workplaces. While it can be helpful, recently we've also seen it taking some jobs away. Lots of big companies, including Qantas, NAB, and Officeworks, have announced that hundreds of local jobs have been axed and shifted overseas, citing the AI boom and tech skills shortages as a reason. But after months of talks with unions, employer groups and major companies, including Microsoft, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, and Kmart, the government reckons it's come up with a plan to change that. It's just launched a draft of Australia's first best-practice guide on AI in the workplace, which basically aims to balance AI regulation with its productivity potential. The guide urges companies to give human workers a say in any AI decisions, provide training for new skills or tasks if workers' roles change because of AI, and share the technology's benefits through higher pay or shorter work hours.
QLD WEATHER
Parts of south-east Queensland have been hit by wild weather. Destructive storms have blown roofs off houses, taken down trees, and brought down and damaged power poles. Schools have closed, tens of thousands of homes are without electricity, and authorities have said it could be some time before things are fixed up.
FROG ID
Scientists are trying to learn more about some difficult-to-find frogs, and they're calling on the public's help! Central Australia, from above, you may not be able to tell, but beneath the surface lies an abundance of froggies. And now, the one to uncover their secrets could be you. FrogID can be used to record a call, no not that type of call. This type of call. Frog calls. Scientists say that's been a game changer for understanding the evolution of frog habitats, and how they're affected by things like climate change. But here in Central Australia, scientists still have a lot to learn. It's home to rare burrowing frogs like the Tanami toadlet and the desert spadefoot that can spend years hidden underground. But experts say recent stormy weather means they could be emerging. And with FrogID week happening this week, scientists are urging anyone in the area, including travellers and campers, to keep their ears peeled for a croak.
DARLING SWIM
First up, to a farmer who's on a mission to swim the length of the Darling River in New South Wales. Scott Gladman has just passed the halfway point on his 1,600-kilometre quest. It's taken him more than two months so far, and he's doing it all to raise money and awareness for motor neuron disease and Parkinsons.
HYPNOTISING CINEMA
Now, to the Netherlands where this cinema is trying out hypnosis. Yeah, that's a bit intense, isn't it? It's all part of an experiment to see if hypnosis can help people forget a movie they'd seen before to create a new cinema experience. So, did it work? Well, when asked afterwards, some folks said that there were parts they'd forgotten. But others still very much remembered the plot of the film.
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