I worked at OpenAI. Here are the guardrails we need now | Miles Brundage
I understand the pressure on AI companies to rush forward. But employees are right to be concerned Last month, more than a thousand employees at frontier AI companies signed a…
Meet Fat Papi, the little-known NZ rapper catapulted to Billboard 100 fame
How Baban Hussain’s online hit, remixed by Australian producer, launched the Kurdish New Zealander to global fame Two months ago, Baban Hussain, a 22-year-old Kurdish New Zealander, was working from…
Home comforts: can remote work be better for the environment?
Many Australians now have the option to work from home. But is it better or worse for the environment? Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each…
I am often asked how young boys could be rapists. For many adolescent men, the answer is entitlement | Chanel Contos
Violent pornography and algorithmic feeds are teaching young people to prioritise their own sexual gratification. As the problem evolves, so too must our solutions This week, the Australian public has…
‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?
With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience Directors don’t tend…
Five Great Reads: Secret filming, secret surgery and 30 years of Pokémon
Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Jacqui Housden Get this in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for Five Great Reads here…
No to furniture, yes to yoghurt: five ways Australians are changing their shopping behaviour
The August financial reporting season offers insight into how purchases are shifting amid rising living costs Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians are procrastinating…
Uefa and Concacaf discuss joint Nations League in latest challenge to Fifa
Biennial tournament could launch as early as 2028 Confederations are seeking to oust Gianni Infantino Uefa and Concacaf have begun talks about setting up a combined Nations League tournament featuring…
Martin Ødegaard resumes his role as Arsenal’s smoothing agent and pass master | Barney Ronay
His goal was like something from It’s A Knockout, but the Arsenal captain showed signs of recovery from an injury-wrecked campaign We’re back, baby. Welcome to the content zone. And…
A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis
When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle…