1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: From the Daily Os. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 2: I'm Zara Seidler, I'm Billy FitzSimons. 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the seventeenth of March. Here's what's making headlines 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: this evening. 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: The Reserve Bank of Australia, also known as the RBA, 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: has increased the cash rate from three point eight five 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: percent to four point one percent. The cash rate is 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: what the RBA charges banks for short term loans and 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: it affects interest rates across the economy, including home loans. 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: The RBA partly attributed the increase to the conflict in 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 2: the Middle East, saying it has resulted in sharply higher 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: fuel prices, which, if sustained, will add to inflation. The 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 2: RBA said five members of the board voted to increase 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: the rate, while four voted to leave it unchanged. 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: New South Wales has become the first state to launch 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: digital birth certificates. As of today, it is available for 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: people born in New South Wales aged between six and 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: twenty one. New South Wales Minister for Customer Service and 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: Digital Government Jihaddibb said in a statement, I'm proud that 20 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: New South Wales is the first place in Australia where 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: young people across the state can carry their best certificates 22 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: securely on their phone instead of having to rummage through 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: draws or call mom and dad. 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 2: Three teenagers are suing Elon Musk's Xai, the company behind Groc, 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: alleging it knowingly designed its image generator to allow users 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: to create sexually explicit content using real photos of other people. 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in the US 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: state of California, wants the case to proceed as a 29 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 2: class action on behalf of people in the US who 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: were reasonably identifiable in sexualized images or videos generated by 31 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 2: Groc using real images of themselves. The plaintiffs alleged their 32 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: real images were digitally altered into explicit content, causing emotional distress. 33 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: Xai said in January it had blocked all users from 34 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: editing images of real people in revealing clothing in jurisdictions 35 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: where it is illegal. 36 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: And Today's Good News. Researchers in the US have found 37 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: that data from wearable devices could help detect insulin resistance, 38 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: a key precursor to type two diabetes. A study published 39 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: on Monday in the journal Nature found that data collected 40 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: by devices like fitbits and Google Pixel watches, alongside routine 41 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: blood biomarkers could predict metabolic risk. The researchers say earlier 42 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: detection could support lifestyle changes that help prevent progression to 43 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 1: type two diabetes. 44 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Ooz newsroom. 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