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Australia has joined the U.S, UK, Canada and New Zealand in a rare joint warning about artificial intelligence.

The alliance, known as the “Five Eyes”, says the world’s most powerful AI tools are on the verge of making cyberattacks faster, cheaper and more damaging.

The group warned the threat is “months away, not years”.

The Five Eyes is an intelligence-sharing alliance between Australia, the U.S, the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. The five countries work together on national security.

On Tuesday, the alliance released a joint three-page statement warning about the cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence. It was signed by the heads of each country’s top cyber and security agencies, including the Australian Cyber Security Centre's chief, Stephanie Crowe.

The statement warns that the most advanced AI models now being developed are about to change what a cyberattack looks like. They can automate hacking, generate malware, and run large-scale phishing scams – faster and more cheaply than a human could.

Attacks that once required significant technical expertise could soon be carried out by almost anyone. The agencies warned that cyber breaches are inevitable, stating that “breaches will occur.”

The Five Eyes are now calling for a “whole-of-society response,” including:

They say cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a compliance issue and should instead be core to business strategies.

Governments are already acting on concerns about advanced AI. Earlier this month, the U.S. ordered Anthropic – the company behind Claude – to restrict foreign access to its two most powerful models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

The Government cited national security concerns, and Anthropic shut down access to both models. The company later said it believed a third party had shared a “jailbreak” technique with the Government that could bypass the models’ safety guardrails and be used to identify software vulnerabilities.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation this week.

His successor is widely expected to be former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who entered Parliament on Monday after a by-election last week.

This week also marks 10 years since the Brexit referendum, the results of which separated young from old, England from its UK neighbours Scotland and Northern Ireland, and another Prime Minister from his job.

Here’s what to know about a tumultuous week (and decade) in UK politics.

On 23 June 2016, more than 30 million people went to the polls in the UK to vote on whether to leave or remain in the European Union.

While then-Prime Minister David Cameron had agreed to hold a referendum on the question, he campaigned to remain, alongside future PM Theresa May.

Nigel Farage, then leader of an anti-EU party called UKIP, led the charge to leave with future PM Boris Johnson.

The ‘leave’ vote won, but results were highly divided based on age and location. Scotland, much of Northern Ireland, and London city and its surrounds broadly voted to remain, while the rest of England and Wales broadly voted to leave.

Having campaigned to remain in the EU, Cameron immediately resigned as PM.

The Conservative Party chose May as its replacement. She committed to carrying out Brexit, though she had also campaigned against it. When she was unable to secure a deal to move Brexit forward, she resigned in 2019.

Johnson then took over, promising to “get Brexit done”. He resigned in 2022 following a series of scandals, including holding parties at his official residence during COVID lockdowns.

Johnson was followed by Liz Truss, who resigned after fewer than 50 days over her economic plans, and Rishi Sunak, who led the Conservatives until he lost the election to Labour.

Keir Starmer was then PM until he resigned this week under pressure from his colleagues and in the face of a challenge from Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

In Australian political party leadership elections, MPs and Senators vote in secret, and the new leader takes over immediately. UK parties have more complicated processes.

Burnham’s Labour Party requires leadership candidates to have the support of a certain number of MPs and party members across the country to get a nomination.

Once the nominees are confirmed, every registered party member can vote. If several contenders emerge, the process can take several months. However, Burnham looks set to run unopposed.

Nominations for a new Labour leader will be open from 9-16 July. Starmer will remain Prime Minister until his replacement is confirmed.

If no other challengers surface, Burnham could take office as early as 16 July.

Reporting by Lucy Tassell.

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Reporting by Emma Gillespie.

Olivia Rodrigo has gone from festival headliner to festival founder. The singer has announced Daisy Chain Fields, her very own one-day music festival in California, featuring an all-women lineup including Chappell Roan, Doechii, Katseye, Mitski and special guest Stevie Nicks.

Rodrigo said: “I’ve had a dream of doing this festival for years and I am so ecstatic it's finally coming true.”

Every cent of the festival’s net proceeds will go to charities supporting women and girls, including Planned Parenthood, the National Women's Law Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health.

The only problem? It's in California. Time to start checking those flight prices.

Reporting by Pavitra Ravi.