As Scott Morrison’s tax cuts make their way through the parliament, there are fresh questions over religious freedoms. Paul Bongiorno on pragmatism and our Pentecostal prime minister.

Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.

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Faith and tax cuts as 46th parliament begins in The Saturday Paper

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As Scott Morrison’s tax cuts make their way through the parliament, there are fresh questions over religious freedoms. Paul Bongiorno on pragmatism and our Pentecostal prime minister.Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.Background reading:<a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2019/07/06/faith-and-tax-cuts-46th-parliament-begins/15623352008400">Faith and tax cuts as 46th parliament begins</a> in The Saturday Paper<a href="http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au">The Saturday Paper</a><a href="http://www.themonthly.com.au">The Monthly</a>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://7ampodcast.com.au/">7ampodcast.com.au</a>. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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As Scott Morrison’s tax cuts make their way through the parliament, there are fresh questions over religious freedoms. Paul Bongiorno on pragmatism and our Pentecostal prime minister.Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.Background r...

Faith and taxes

For years we’ve heard from older generations that the current interest rate pain is nothing compared to the horror of 17.5 per cent rates in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.

But now, as the Reserve Bank delivers its fourth hike this year, analysis shows the pain being inflicted on homeowners is comparatively worse.

So, as the official cash rate hits a 15 year high of 4.6 percent – how bad could it get?

Today, KPMG senior economist Terry Rawnsley on the chance of more interest rate hikes, the flow on effects of this latest hit, and whether we should be looking at alternatives like tax hikes, to get inflation under control.

 

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Guest: KPMG senior economist Terry Rawnsley

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For years we&rsquo;ve heard from older generations that the current interest rate pain is nothing compared to the horror of 17.5 per cent rates in the late &lsquo;80s and early &lsquo;90s.
But now, as the Reserve Bank delivers its fourth hike this year, analysis shows the pain being inflicted on homeowners is comparatively worse.
So, as the official cash rate hits a 15 year high of 4.6 percent &ndash; how bad could it get?
Today, KPMG senior economist Terry Rawnsley on the chance of more interest rate hikes, the flow on effects of this latest hit, and whether we should be looking at alternatives like tax hikes, to get inflation under control.
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Guest: KPMG senior economist Terry Rawnsley
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Why interest rate pain is now worse than the bad old days of 17.5%

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In June, an OpenAI agent was looking for public information about medicines spending when it broke into a Medicare statistics website and accessed files it wasn’t authorised to see.

No personal Medicare information was accessed, and the breach itself was relatively minor. But the behaviour is more concerning: the agent hit a barrier – and instead of stopping, found a way around it.

And it wasn’t the first time.

Sydney Von Arx runs the Nightingale Collective, which monitors these AI systems. Her team uncovered a group of OpenAI agents behaving in remarkably similar ways around the same time as the Medicare breach – even sharing tips with each other about how to get around restrictions.

Today, what happens when AI agents stop taking no for an answer – and can the companies building them actually control what they do?

 

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Guest: AI researcher and CEO of Nightingale Collective, Sydney Von Arx

Photo: AAP Image/Susie Dodds / Pictures: Tracey Nearmy and Dan Himbrechts

In June, an OpenAI agent was looking for public information about medicines spending when it broke into a Medicare statistics website and accessed files it wasn&rsquo;t authorised to see.
No personal Medicare information was accessed, and the breach itself was relatively minor. But the behaviour is more concerning: the agent hit a barrier &ndash; and instead of stopping, found a way around it.
And it wasn&rsquo;t the first time.
Sydney Von Arx runs the Nightingale Collective, which monitors these AI systems. Her team uncovered a group of OpenAI agents behaving in remarkably similar ways around the same time as the Medicare breach &ndash; even sharing tips with each other about how to get around restrictions.
Today, what happens when AI agents stop taking no for an answer &ndash; and can the companies building them actually control what they do?
&nbsp;
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Guest: AI researcher and CEO of Nightingale Collective, Sydney Von Arx
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Susie Dodds / Pictures: Tracey Nearmy and Dan Himbrechts

The Medicare hack and the rise of rogue AI agents

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A rare old book can now be worth more dead than alive.

Books are being bought, cut apart and scanned to train artificial intelligence.

Nobody knows how many books have been destroyed this way, but second-hand booksellers around the world have reported anonymous orders ranging from thousands to as many as a million books at a time.

And internal documents from AI giant Anthropic revealed plans to “destructively scan all the books in the world”.

Today, author Sarah Wilson on the destruction of knowledge to build artificial intelligence.

 

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Guest: Author Sarah Wilson

Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

A rare old book can now be worth more dead than alive.
Books are being bought, cut apart and scanned to train artificial intelligence.
Nobody knows how many books have been destroyed this way, but second-hand booksellers around the world have reported anonymous orders ranging from thousands to as many as a million books at a time.
And internal documents from AI giant Anthropic revealed plans to &ldquo;destructively scan all the books in the world&rdquo;.
Today, author Sarah Wilson on the destruction of knowledge to build artificial intelligence.
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Guest: Author Sarah Wilson
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Lukas Coch

AI is eating the world’s books

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Faith and taxes

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