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There are big changes ahead for the NDIS with some budget cuts and tightened eligibility. Health Minister Mark Butler says the government aims to remove around 160,000 participants by the end of the decade. Children with autism are the largest cohort of NDIS participants, with many set to be moved into the government's new thriving kids program and he says future eligibility will be based on a different set of criteria. He says work is also being done on cultural safety before Indigenous participants are transitioned off the NDIS under the new reform measures. Mr Butler's been talking the SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson.

It's an organisation that wants the world to hit the collective pause button on the development of artificial intelligence. At least until it's known how AI can be built safely and kept under democratic control. Known as PauseAI, it says it's latest concern is the company Anthropic which has just partially released Claude Mythos, a controversial AI tool capable of hacking into complex computer programs. Chief Executive of PauseAI, Maxime Fournes is speaking with Zoe Brock.

Voters in the southern New South Wales seat of Farrer have headed to the polls to choose a new MP after their former representative Sussan Ley resigned from parliament. Analysts say the vote could have lasting consequences for the coalition.

One Nation hoping for its first win at the ballot box for a lower house seat in the Farrer by-election; New South Wales government moves to tighten gun laws and overhaul its firearms registry after last year’s Bondi shooting; and in sport, Aussie golfer Lucas Herbert opens up a nine-shot lead at Trump national in Virginia .

How should Australia be preparing students for new technologies? It’s an issue governments and educators are grappling with across the world. American expert in the field, Professor Jessica Rosenberg from George Mason University, has been developing a school curriculum to encourage more young people to engage on quantum technologies. She’s also keen to see more girls and women in the field. During her visit to Australia she sat down with Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson to discuss the quantum task ahead.