Yeah I was gonna add the weather part could be entirely explained by climate change and fascisms war on science, but forgot. Weather forecasting is actually one area where AI should far exceed what humans could ever possibly achieve without it. It is impossible for humans to process and adapt to the changing patterns across hundreds or thousands of variables interacting with each other in real time.

I'd never heard of the 5G impact, so thanks for that. I consider it unlikely unless there were a significant change in 5G usage during the last year. 5G has covered most Australian major cities since 2021, and 5g coverage is essentially non-existent outside of populated areas (90% or more of Australia).