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OUT NOW | The latest on AI's human rights impacts, a new book highlighting positive examples of businesses embedding human rights into supply chains, and the urgent need for tax reform to better support victim-survivors of domestic violence. READ MORE: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-rights…
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How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios from Institute Associate and Scientia Professor of AI @TobyWalsh writing for @ConversationEDU: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/rese…
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Join the launch of the Carbon Impacts Tracer, a groundbreaking app that traces the human + ecological impacts of fossil fuel projects, from heat-related deaths to coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef, back to the companies/projects responsible. Register: events.humanitix.com/webinar…
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“The choice before us is not between technological progress and human safety; it’s whether we’re capable of pursuing both at the same time." unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/20…
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"I can't think of any other trillion-dollar industry where people's lives are not safe, where we don't have strong government regulation." @AAPNewswire reports on last night's sell-out event debating AI, big tech and human rights: canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
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SPECIAL EVENT | Wednesday's return of the Australian Human Rights Institute's 'Provocation Series' at the @ArtGalleryofNSW is sold out, but you can join the waiting list for any last minute tickets that become available here: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-…
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Institute Associate and @UNSW Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar joins ABC's 'The Business' program to discuss emerging cases of financial abuse involving the transfer of victim-survivors' superannuation into self-managed super funds under the perpetrator’s control piped.video/watch?v=pG5vxL_Y…
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Palau’s capital Koror this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum. Research Associate Dr Wesley Morgan (@wtmpacific) looks at the agenda for @ConversationEDU: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/rese…
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OUT NOW | The human rights impacts of data centres, the latest legal fight against climate harms, the Albanese Government's failures on LGBTQIA+ rights + much more in August's Human Rights Defender. Read it here: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-rights…
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ABC News National Technology Reporter @angelavoipierre is joining our expert panel on 16 September at the @ArtGalleryofNSW to debate the future of human rights in the age of AI. Final tickets are available now for what will be a sold-out event: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-…
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NEXT WEEK | Watch an exclusive screening of episode 1 of the ABC docu-series Tampa: The Turning Point, followed by a panel discussion at @UNSW Paddington campus. Register: eventbrite.com.au/e/tampa-th…
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South Australia has announced a royal commission into AI, the first inquiry to be held at such a high level in Australia. We'll be discussing this and much more with a panel of AI and human rights experts next month. Don't miss this important conversation. events.humanitix.com/has-ai-…
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STUDENT BLOG | Our latest explainer looks at the human rights impacts of AI data centre proliferation: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/stud…
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The Dallas Morning News explores sports and human rights issues in the shadow of the World Cup, including a look at the Australian Human Rights Institute's work on 'sportswashing'. dallasnews.com/opinion/comme…
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"We cannot then continue to rely on tech companies doing the right thing. It’s time governments stepped up." -Institute Associate and UNSW Scientia Professor of AI @TobyWalsh writes for @smh: smh.com.au/national/did-ai-r…
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Don't miss Professor @TobyWalsh at our upcoming event on AI, big tech and human rights: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-…
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OUT NOW | Explore some of the highlights of this special issue of the Australian Journal of Human Rights, a festschrift in honour of Professor Beth Gaze: mailchi.mp/unsw/new-issue-au…
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LISTEN | Professor @justine_nolan joins ABC @RadioNational's Rear Vision program to discuss how our understanding of slavery has changed over time, and why is it often still portrayed as a thing of the past: abc.net.au/listen/programs/r…
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Has the government failed to protect Torres Strait culture from rising seas? Maria Nawaz takes a look at what the full Federal Court is about to decide during an appeal this week: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/rese…
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“In an issue as complex as forced labour, which is coming from tens of thousands of supply chains around the world, you need more than one lever.” -Professor @justine_nolan in @australian on Trump’s new tariff after a claimed forced-labour crackdown: theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
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