Headlines: UN to address military AI risks

Today's headlines include:

• Independent MP Helen Haines remains in a critical but stable condition after being run down outside her electorate office in the regional Victorian town of Wangaratta on Monday.
• A Queensland teen has been accused of hate crimes after allegedly threatening a family.
• The United Nations (UN) is launching a new initiative on the military uses of AI, aimed at addressing concerns about the threat the technology could pose to humanity.
• And today’s good news: Australia will field its first women’s wheelchair rugby team this December, when 15 nations will compete at the inaugural Women’s World Championship in Paris.

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