Veteran Williams is back in Melbourne for the first time since 2021 after being handed a wildcard and faces a tough task against 68th-ranked Olga Danilovic of Serbia.

But in a letter to MPs on Wednesday, Guildford admitted the erroneous information was due to the use of Microsoft Copilot, an AI chatbot.

The town is muting the party atmosphere out of respect for the victims of the New Year's Eve blaze at Le Constellation bar, where many young people had gathered to see in the New Year.

Al Attiyah, meanwhile, drove a superb special in his Dacia to put himself 15min 02sec ahead of Nani Roma going into the final stage.