It will be more and more difficult to tell fact from fiction as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes commonplace in the future, warns Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay. Finlay said that the rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard would be welcomed by those with “Orwellian tendencies.” “In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry…

While people have more information available at a swipe of their fingertips, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says individuals have become afraid of engaging in different ideas and perspectives. “In today’s world, I would say that the search for knowledge and truth is perhaps more important than at any time in human history,” she said….

Commentary On June 8, the Australian High Court handed down a controversial decision to strike down government powers to strip nationals of citizenship for engaging in suspected terrorist activities. The court ruled in favour of Delil Alexander, a Turkish citizen whose Australian citizenship was cancelled in 2021, due to the national security agency’s assessment that…