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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation reported a 75% fall in full-year profit, with digital accounting for more than half of revenueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has reported a 75% drop in full-year profit but sees opportunities ahead as it plans to take advantage of advances in generative AI.The US-listed media group – which owns News Corp Australia, m

AI’s potential is huge and terrifying. But a new generation of artists is starting to find new uses for the technology, as well showing its many limitationsWhen I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in early June, a fabulous drag cabaret was in full swing. Across seven small screens and a large wall projection, a rotating cast of performers in an array of bold looks danced and lip-synced their hearts out to banger after banger. Highlights included Freedom! 90 by George Michael

Pak ‘n’ Save’s Savey Meal-bot cheerfully created unappealing recipes when customers experimented with non-grocery household items A New Zealand supermarket experimenting with using AI to generate meal plans has seen its app produce some unusual dishes – recommending customers recipes for deadly chlorine gas, “poison bread sandwiches” and mosquito-repellant roast potatoes.The app, created by supermarket chain Pak ‘n’ Save, was advertised as a way fo