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Artists boycotted this portrait prize over AI entries. Now they’re back to take them on

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After two years shunning the Brisbane portrait prize, several artists are entering again, with some First Nations painters counting on another AI – ‘ancestral integrity’ – to help them winPoised above the lady in the red dress is a claw. Its metallic fingers grasp to pluck its prize from a jumble of other women while […]

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Anthropic to build $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says

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Premier describes deal as ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state and put more energy into its gridAnthropic, the AI giant behind the large language model Claude, has done a deal to lease the site of its first Australian datacentre in western Queensland.The state premier, David Crisafulli, announced the decision in parliament

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Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters

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Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar disaster, the arrival of a fleet of cockroaches could one

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Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

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Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland and the Northern Territory have rejected the federal government’s plans to mandate that AI datacentres use renewable power, rubbishing Anthony Albanese’s proposals to regulate the

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Google wants to release 32 million sterile mosquitoes. Our Australian tests offer a valuable lesson | Nigel Beebe for the Conversation

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Google’s ‘Debug’ project in California and Florida aims to reduce mosquito numbers by releasing millions of sterilised malesIn the United States, Google’s (now Alphabet) Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilised male mosquitoes in California and Florida.Male mosquitoes don’t bite or carry disease. The hope is

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Queensland PhD candidate accused of plotting to firebomb Australia Day event wanted AI-driven society, court hears

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Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, charged with planning terrorist act after allegedly plotting to throw molotov cocktail at Gold Coast eventFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Queensland PhD candidate has been accused of planning to throw a molotov cocktail at an Australia Day crowd,

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