The prime minister says he wants people without support from the "bank of mum and dad" to receive help.

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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the plausibility of standardized effect sizes in the last year. From a trustworthiness assessment perspective, (standardized) effect sizes have a great combinat...

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Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data

With Brian Stout In recent days, the Australian has painted a stark picture of higher education under siege: empty lecture theatres, students “outsourcing” degrees to generative AI, and universities c...

One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...

Why look at smart glasses now? Smart glasses have been commercially available in some form for over a decade. More recently, they have returned to popular conversation, driven largely by Meta and its ...

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

Can the fear of students using generative AI and the rise of questionable AI “checker” tools create a culture devoid of creativity? It’s a topic that is curiously one worth delving into a bit more …