PM will be world’s first leader to appear as hologram at Techweek opening

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Headline: PM will be world’s first leader to appear as hologram at Techweek opening

Auckland – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will set a world first opening Techweek on Monday as she will attend as a hologram. The prime minister will be the world’s first national leader to undertake an official engagement as a hologram, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said today. Techweek is a major nationwide annual tech festival of…

NZ can do better in the world of agritech

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Headline: NZ can do better in the world of agritech

Tauranga – New Zealand can do better in the world of agritech because it has such great potential for its agriculture industry and monetising big tech investment offshore, a San Diego-based Kiwi from Wellington says. Arama Kakutai is a partner in American investment company Finistere which has built and backed companies worth more than $US5 billion….

NZ’s big tech stars heading to Wellington

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Headline: NZ’s big tech stars heading to Wellington

Wellington – An increasing number of ground-breaking New Zealand tech designers are collaborating with the wider business world to produce one of the fastest growing segments of tech. NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says the country’s best developers, designers and tech geniuses will attend an all-day conference about creative realities in Wellington on May 24 as…

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NZ highly regarded for global tech talent

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Headline: NZ highly regarded for global tech talent

Auckland – Tech is the fastest growing and third biggest industry sector in New Zealand contributing more than $6.3 billion in annual exports and now other countries are chasing the cream of our tech crop. NZTech board member and winner of last year’s New Zealand CEO of the Year Award, Leigh Flounders has been hand-picked…

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Ethics of artificial intelligence critical to its success

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Headline: Ethics of artificial intelligence critical to its success

Auckland – The ethics of artificial intelligence will be critical to the success of AI going forward, a Microsoft leader and a keynote speaker at the AI Day event in Auckland next week says. Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s AI Business, says that given AI has the potential to reshape not just industries and…

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Tech researchers on the cusp of an evolution with machines

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Headline: Tech researchers on the cusp of an evolution with machines

Auckland – The world’s tech experts are on the verge of seeing a major shift in relationships between people and machines, according to a key speaker heading to AI Day in Auckland on March 28. IBM Distinguished Designer Adam Cutler says what interests him the most is the connection between people and machines. “In the past,…

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NZ seen as the world’s living tech lab

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Headline: NZ seen as the world’s living tech lab

Auckland – The announcement of the world’s first self-driving electric air taxi being piloted in Christchurch is just one of the examples of New Zealand becoming a living tech laboratory, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said today. The Zephyr Airworks aircraft, financed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is a great testimony to responding to a global…

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How can NZ agritech feed the world even more?

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Headline: How can NZ agritech feed the world even more?

Tauranga – How New Zealand can meet the challenge of feeding some of the predicted global population of 10 billion by 2050, will be a major focus at a Techweek event in Tauranga in May. World-leading meat, dairy and horticultural industries have established New Zealand’s reputation as a producer of food. But NZTech chief executive Graeme…

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