As Air New Zealand promotes its digital mastermind to the top job, research suggests Kiwis are enthusiastic about use of AI in travel planning, but prefer to keep humans in the loop.

Air New Zealand has partnered with OpenAI to roll out GPT bots across the airline in a productivity push, while the Government has doubled down on its research links with Singapore, funding several AI projects.

What do Gen AI platforms have to say about NZ’s AI Strategy? their answers range from 55% - 80% there. Here is the full report.

The common narrative around AI and productivity is that AI automates mundane tasks, making us faster at doing things and giving us more time for creative pursuits. This, however, is a naive view of how work happens.

For every dazzling image beamed home from Mars rovers or navigation satellite keeping ships on course, there are missions that go astray, technology that fails, and millions, sometimes billions, of taxpayer dollars lost to the void. 

Does the digital technology industry need governing regulation? or is the flexibility of the current system working to keep us all safe?