By embracing innovation, up-skilling our workforce and implementing targeted policy interventions, New Zealand can chart a path towards a more productive and prosperous future for all.

Cybersecurity group Netsafe is calling on a more cohesive, multi-agency approach across government to deal with fraud and cybercrime which is more likely to go unreported than other types of crime.

Whether Safe Superintelligence Inc. lives up to the name depends on its definition of safe AGI, and whether these co-founders will be able to resist the urge to go for broke in the way Altman has, prioritising speed to market over safety.

The annual Gartner Hype Cycle research has bad news for generative AI which the analyst firm has headed into the dreaded “trough of disillusionment” as the gap between hype and reality starts to dawn on businesses.

When it comes to software engineering in particular, bosses now have something solid to point to in the form of a high-quality study that suggests remote work may give coders an edge in the short term but is less productive than working face-to-face with team members in the long term.

Our research shows AI can subtly – and at times overtly – heighten biases. And the involvement of HR professionals may worsen rather than alleviate these effects. This challenges our belief that human oversight can contain and moderate AI.