OpenAI announced it has halted development of its latest artificial intelligence models hours after it disclosed its agents scouring federal government website acted in unexpected ways that suggest a lack of control.

The Speech On 25 September 2026, Anthony Albanese addressed the United Nations General Assembly. He named climate change, artificial intelligence, and the “breakdown of international rules” as the def...

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways

Incident highlights growing concerns about AI's impact on cybersecurity and AI disclosure procedures, say experts.

Canadian lawsuits against OpenAI raise questions about liability and duty to warn in the AI industry, say experts.

Warm temperatures 6C to 12C above monthly averages expected * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians in the nation’s south-east are expected to experience the warmest September day in years, with temperatures rising 6C to 12C above average over the weekend. Coastal areas are expected to reach the high 20s while inland regions will extend into the low to mid 30s, as a cold front in Western Australia and a high-pressure system in the Tasman Sea drag warm, dry and sunny weather towards south-eastern Australia, Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said. Continue reading...

After losing much of its forests in recent decades, the country’s people have led the way in planting saplings across the country as part of the government’s Green Legacy Initiative

Rare Foods Australia winds down operations amid a Chinese supply glut and falling prices for abalone, after once being the biggest employer in the WA seaside town of Augusta.

Georgina Steytler (Australia) showcases the strange headgear of a gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar.

Fifty years of photography, almost forty countries, and hundreds of images come together in Acts of Faith: The Beauty of Belief. Join Art Wolfe for a personal look at the stories, traditions, and expe...

How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses.

Wisdom the Laysan Albatross (left) on Midway Atoll in 2015, with her mate, Akeakamai. Photo by Kiah Walker / USFWS via Wikimedia Commons. When we first wrote about Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, in 2...

Our current El Niño is not yet the strongest on record, but the atmosphere across the Pacific is already reacting.

More than 70,000 people have backed ACF’s request for Environment Minister Murray Watt to consider the climate impacts from Woodside’s proposed Browse gas…

The federal government has announced a boost to its bird flu response, but a conservation group says it amounts to a "drop in the ocean".

Unusual heat this year may have melted ice and thawed bonds that hold glaciers in place – leading to catastrophe

Now in its third decade documenting the natural world, the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition continues to surprise, delight and alarm.

Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.

Resisting climate doom, Big Oil’s $45 billion quarter, and how you can make polluters pay If you’re a regular Talking Climate reader, you kn

Resisting climate doom, Big Oil’s $45 billion quarter, and how you can make polluters pay

Bird Flu is laying bare Australian government underspending on nature. The last serious policy and financial investment in nature was led by Senator Robert Hill - environment minister under a Howard ...

After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?

Rob checks in on this season’s supercharged ocean temperatures with climate researcher Zeke Hausfather.