📣 #EVENT: Register now for CSIRO's ON Accelerate Applicant Information Session. ON Accelerate is a three-month free commercialisation acceleration program for entrepreneurial researchers who are ready to translate their great idea into a research-driven company. Tailored to the translation of publicly funded research, this program focuses on business models, market validation, storytelling and capital raising. This includes access to venture capital partners and networks to help secure capital for business development. Date: Thursday 1 August 2024 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm (AEST) Location: Online - Please complete the form via the link below for further information. To find out more and register, click here: https://lnkd.in/g5tGXhCu For more events like this, visit The Conversation's Events, Courses & Podcasts Board here: https://lnkd.in/dZjjfQZ This is a featured post from one of The Conversation's partners. #development #accelerate #research #entrepreneurial #business #storytelling
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We're delighted to welcome two new cadets - Ruth McHugh-Dillon and Drew Rooke - to our editorial team. These roles were funded by reader donations and created to contribute to training the next generation of journalists who are passionate about providing reliable, trustworthy and impartial journalism. Drew has a background as an investigative journalist, research assistant and author and he'll be working with our Science and Technology team. Ruth has a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies and worked as a lecturer before retraining as a journalist. Congrats Ruth and Drew - welcome to The Conversation!
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The parent company of academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has struck a deal with Microsoft to allow its content to be used to train AI generative models and academics aren't happy. The deal involves "access to advanced learning content and data, and a partnership to explore AI expert applications." Taylor & Francis publishes a wide range of academic and technical books and journals and authors say they weren't told about the deal, had no opportunity to opt out and won't see any money from it. "Academics are only the latest of several groups of what we might call content creators to take umbrage at having their work ingested by the generative AI models currently racing to hoover up the products of human culture. Newspapers, visual artists and record labels are already taking AI companies to court," writes Dr Wellett Potter from University of New England (AU).
An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge
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The damage bill from the StrikeForce shutdown is estimated at more than A$1 billion, so it's only natural that affected businesses will be asking who is legally responsible and whether there'll be any compensation. Prof Michael Adams FAAL from University of New England (AU) has been digging into the fine print of the CrowdStrike terms and conditions and says any class action would be extremely complex.
The CrowdStrike outage caused chaos for business – could we see a class action?
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Editor of The Conversation Australia + NZ, Misha Ketchell joined broadcaster, lawyer and writer Jon Faine and Scanlon Foundation Research Institute chief executive Anthea Hancocks on The Voices of Australia podcast. "I think the role of the media in an ideal world, would be fostering that sort of social cohesion, creating a sense of community. There's a very famous political scientist, Benedict Anderson, who wrote a book called 'Imagined Communities' about the role of the media in creating this idea of a community, where we're all on a mission to do things together. And ideally, the media would be doing that. It doesn't always do that so well at the moment." Listen to the full podcast here.
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Now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee, it will ultimately be up to Democratic National Convention delegates to formally select a new nominee for their party. This will mark the first time in over 50 years that a major party nominee was selected outside of the democratic process of primaries and caucuses. Many Democrats had already begun discussing how to replace Biden. They worried that having the convention delegates, the majority of whom were pledged at first to Biden, select the nominee would appear undemocratic and illegitimate. New from Philip Klinkner at Hamilton College, via The Conversation US.
Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from race
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In a country like Australia, we all expect that when we get old, we’ll be able to rely on a robust aged care system. But aged care providers can’t find staff and a crisis is brewing. If the problem isn’t fixed, there are serious risks to quality and access to services for older people who need support. There are also broader social, economic and political consequences for undervaluing the rapidly expanding health and social assistance workforce. Aged care employs around 420,000 people. Around 80% of those are front line staff providing care and demand for them is increasing rapidly, explains Hal Swerissen from La Trobe University.
We have too few aged care workers to care for older Australians. Why? And what can we do about it?
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Think of the Olympic Games and for many of us it conjures images of the traditional marquee events: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics. But the games are changing – and the Paris Olympics will take it to a new level. As well as bringing back youth-oriented sports such as surfing, skateboarding, sport-climbing and BMX freestyle, these games will see breaking (or breakdancing) and kiteboarding introduced. These programme changes have been on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agenda for many years, part of an effort to reverse a decades-long decline in younger audience numbers, particularly in the key US consumer market. Holly Thorpe and Belinda Wheaton from The University of Waikato ask if the inclusion of new events like breakdancing and kiteboarding can also create a new generation of fans of the Olympics?
Breakdancing, DJs and Tahitian surf: Paris 2024 is going for gold in Olympic innovation
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Loneliness in the workplace is greatest among men with traditional views about being the breadwinner Loneliness affects everyone at different times. Although it is well documented men are less likely than women to talk about feelings and to seek help, our research found men’s work arrangements can be a significant contributor. We found loneliness was highest among men in their late 40s but it also occurred at other times, often shaped by how they perceived their careers and income. Men, particularly middle-aged men, who believed they should be the main breadwinners in a household were lonelier than those without this belief. This suggests traditional views around work in the context of heteronormative relationships can be damaging to social connection. Read the full article by The University of Melbourne, UNSW and The University of Sydney: https://lnkd.in/gB5yv7ga
Loneliness in the workplace is greatest among men with traditional views about being the breadwinner
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