New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy

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Headline: New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy

Christchurch – New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy to keep pace of global change in technology, the Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) research report, just released, says. AI is emerging as a transformative set of tools and technologies to solve many business and social problems. The report says more than half of…

Concerns about potential AI biase

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Headline: Concerns about potential AI biase

  Christchurch – Most New Zealanders are ambivalent about artificial intelligence and its impact on the future, but new research has found 68 percent of respondents in a national survey were concerned about the potential for AI to make biased, unfair or inaccurate decisions. Details of the survey have been released today in the Artificial…

AI will not result in catastrophic job losses

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Headline: AI will not result in catastrophic job losses

Christchurch – The arrival of artificial intelligence into businesses and society are not likely to produce anywhere near the number of job losses most people think, a new AI research report says. Instead, AI may help address potential labour shortages and solve looming demographic challenges. The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) research report…

AI will transform life like the arrival of electricity

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Headline: AI will transform life like the arrival of electricity

Christchurch – Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform lives of New Zealanders just like the arrival of electricity 130 years ago, according to a landmark new research report released today. The report says AI has the potential to increase New Zealand’s gross domestic product by up to $53 billion by 2035 across 18 industries. The challenge…

NZ, get ready for the AI tidal wave

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Headline: NZ, get ready for the AI tidal wave

Christchurch – Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to deliver economic growth and productivity improvements but will impact some people’s jobs according to new research that is being pulled together for a leading national report to be released on May 2. New Zealand AI Forum executive director Ben Reid says New Zealanders keep hearing about how AI…

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AI bringing exciting possibilities to NZ

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Headline: AI bringing exciting possibilities to NZ

Christchurch – In Phoenix, Arizona, cars are self-navigating the streets. In many homes, people are speaking to digital assistants, with the machines responding. Smartphones and apps can now recognise faces in photos and translate from one language to another, to name a few other examples of artificial intelligence (AI). A leading New Zealand geo-AI company, Orbica,…

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