It’s been one of those weeks in tech where the news cycle lurches from sobering to ridiculous, to inspiring. Don’t even get me started on Sam Altman’s plan to spend trillions blanketing the planet with data centres…

After three and a half years leading IT Professionals, business founder, digital equity advocate, and government advisor Victoria MacLennan is stepping down from the CEO role after a busy period of transformation for the tech sector - and for ITP NZ.

McKinsey’s fifth annual tech trends outlook research is, unsurprisingly, dominated by artificial intelligence, with interesting insights into how the AI revolution is changing investment and hiring patterns.

We now have a national AI strategy, but relative to other countries’ approaches, its a bit of a nothing burger. I guess if you don’t know what to do, it’s best to just stay out of the way.

Writing code is not synonymous with computer science. One can learn to write code without ever attending a single university class, but a CS degree goes far beyond this one skill.

It’s been a blockbuster week for New Zealand’s AI scene. Microsoft dropped a new report suggesting our economy could benefit to the tune of $76 billion a year by 2038 if we embrace generative AI at pace.