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Iran says any breach of its ceasefire with the US will be met with a "strong response". The Treasurer's defended his decision to concede ground on the major tax shake up that was the cornerstone of last month's federal budget. A former senior detective says an Australian company running the world's biggest AI porn site could be criminally liable for child exploitation material generated by its customers. Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode. For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

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This news briefing highlights an investigation into an Australian company operating a major AI pornography platform, focusing on potential criminal liability for child exploitation material generated by its users. The report underscores the legal and ethical challenges posed by generative AI tools that facilitate the creation of harmful synthetic content. While the story addresses significant misuse of AI, it focuses on societal harms and domestic criminal law rather than catastrophic or existential risks from frontier AI models. This Australian context is relevant for national AI safety discourse regarding the regulation of generative content and platform accountability.

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