The Best of ABC News
10+ most popular ABC News articles, as voted by our community.
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How ChatGPT and other new AI tools are being used by lawyers, architects and coders
While schools are banning ChatGPT, Australian workplaces are already deploying it and other new artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Here's how they're using them.
Artists angry after discovering artworks used to train AI image generators without their consent
AI image generators are learning from human illustrators without their consent. Now artists are speaking out.
ABC News on China
A model citizen in China's all-seeing digital dictatorship
Dandan Fan's every move will soon be watched and judged by her government, and she's happy about that. Social credit will unite Big Brother and big data to coerce more than a billion people..
ABC News on Feminism
The politics of civility
Being civil, good manners – that’s ideally how debate should be. But journalist Amy Remeikis says it’s time for women to wise-up and stop being nice because men in power use niceness as a weapon…
ABC News on Health
Anxiety is often physical, but the symptoms can be easy to miss
Am I having a heart attack or a panic attack? Anxiety often manifests physically — but its symptoms can be surprisingly easy to miss.
Healthy ageing isn't only about diet and exercise. Just ask the Fab Five
The Fab Five swimming group — whose oldest member is 91 — say their routine keeps them ageing well, and the socialising is just as important as the exercise.
ABC News on Outdoors
The (really) big Australian rock trip: take a tour of the nation's geological behemoths
Uluru is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Australia, but we have many big rocks. Here are a few to add to your next road trip.
ABC News on World
The world has reached 8 billion people — but soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse
This week, the world's population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically — and soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse.
ABC News on Zen
Making peace with our unpeacefulness: Claude AnShin Thomas' path from war to Zen Buddhism
Claude AnShin Thomas enlisted in the US Army at 17, served as a helicopter gunner and crew chief in the Vietnam War, and was awarded numerous medals and a Purple Heart – all before becoming ordained…
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Dead white man's clothes: How fast fashion is turning parts of Ghana into toxic landfill
For decades, the West's unwanted fashion has made its way to used-clothing markets in Africa. Now it's fuelling an environmental catastrophe.
The Dead Sea is disappearing, leaving behind a landscape shattered by sinkholes
It was the backdrop for many of the epic events narrated in the Bible, and its waters are treasured for their supposed healing powers. But the Dead Sea, the lowest place on the planet, is slipping…
Perth weather watchers worry below-average winter rainfall leaving landscape vulnerable
As Perth emerges from yet another winter with well below-average rainfall, experts are warning WA's winemaking industry is one of many at risk from climate change — but they say it's not too late to…
Maths anxiety: what it is, what causes it, and how it can be overcome
Some people fear spiders, others fear maths. Here's what "maths anxiety" is — and how you can deal with it.
This measurement is more than 2,200 years old, and its accuracy is remarkable
How did Greek librarian Eratosthenes accurately measure the circumference of Earth using a stick, a shadow, and a walk?
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