Appropriations

REACT 2026: The Fourth Multiple Appropriate Facial Reaction Generation Challenge: Personalised MAFRG and Appropriate EEG Reaction Prediction

Announce Type: new Abstract: In dyadic interactions, various human facial reactions could be appropriate for responding to each human speaker behaviour. Following the successful organisation of the REACT 2023, 2024 and 2025 challenge series, a body of generative deep learning (DL) models have been developed for the problem of multiple appropriate facial reaction generation (MAFRG). This year, we propose the REACT 2026 challenge encouraging the development and benchmarking of Machine Learning...

Appropriateness of Empathy in AI: A Signal-Cost Perspective

arXiv:2605.31340v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The appropriateness of empathy in AI has emerged as a critical concern, as excessive empathy risks seeming manipulative while insufficient empathy appears dismissive. While prior research has explored how to quantify empathy in AI, few studies examine whether such empathy is contextually appropriate.

Officers 'acted appropriately' during arrest death at Clare, top cop says

The officers involved in the arrest of a man who died at Clare on Sunday acted appropriately, SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says. The commissioner said he was satisfied a "preliminary view" of body warn vision from the incident showed the officers acted with "professionalism and courage". A senior officer will conduct a Commissioner's Inquiry, but the incident has not been referred to the Office of Public Integrity or the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Inquest considers whether care of Adelaide man's bed sores was 'appropriate and reasonable'

Inquest considers whether care of Adelaide man's bed sores was 'appropriate and reasonable' Tue 2 Jun 2026 at 5:58pm In short: An inquest is being held into the death of John Michael Henry Allen, an Adelaide man who was treated for bed sores before his death in September 2022. Nurses told the inquest Mr Allen appeared to be in pain in the weeks before he died. The inquest is expected to run for four days.

A Framework for Measuring Appropriate Reliance on Set-Valued AI Advice

arXiv:2606.06081v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Appropriate reliance on AI advice has become a central research theme in human-AI collaboration. Existing frameworks have focused exclusively on point predictions as AI advice. However, set-valued AI advice (e.g., discrete sets or continuous intervals) is increasingly being used to communicate uncertainty and improve human decision making.

When (if ever) it's appropriate to make jokes before the US Supreme Court

Mother creates modest activewear to empower herself and others

Mother creates culturally appropriate activewear to empower women Sat 6 Jun 2026 at 10:06am In short: A Murray Bridge mother has created her own line of modest activewear after struggling to find anything that was culturally appropriate and fashionable when exercising at the gym. Yasmin Jammoul hopes to empower other women to feel good when working out. A fashion lecturer says national activewear brands are leaning into being more inclusive and diverse.

Provably Auditable and Safe LLM Agents from Human-Authored Ontologies

arXiv:2606.04903v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce the LLM agent architecture Agentic Redux, intended for use with nontrivial problem domains that require linear auditability. Using the typed lambda calculus, we prove that, run on appropriate domains, Agentic Redux executions are semantically guaranteed to be correct, with all decisions recorded in an append-only ledger. We present two production-grade appropriate domains, in healthcare billing compliance, and security...

Japan finance minister repeats readiness to act on forex

Japan finance minister repeats readiness to act on forex TOKYO, June 5 : Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday that the government is prepared to respond appropriately at any time as needed on foreign exchange, as the yen hovered around the key 160-per-dollar level. "On foreign exchange, we will respond appropriately at any time when necessary," Katayama said at a regular press conference. The Japanese yen fetched 160.015 per dollar, after hitting the critical...

Police worker shot dead by radicalised teen unpreventable, inquiry finds

Fatal shooting of police worker Curtis Cheng by teenager unpreventable, inquest finds Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 1:07pm In short: An inquest into the shooting death of a police accountant has found law enforcement could not have intervened before it happened. Curtis Cheng, 58, was shot by Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad, 15, outside a police station in Sydney's west. Deputy State Coroner Derek Lee said a police officer used appropriate force when he shot dead the teenager.