The tragic update comes more than nine days since August 'Gus' Lamont, 4, vanished in the South Australian outback.

August 'Gus' Lamont was last seen playing in a mound of dirt near his grandparents' homestead on a sheep station 40km south of Yunta last Saturday, September 27.

The tragic update comes more than nine days since August 'Gus' Lamont, 4, vanished in the South Australian outback.

Aussies are being warned to avoid AI search engines after incorrect theories about a four-year-old boy who went missing in the outback have spread on social media.