Historically, fines have not been the sole method of enforcing antitrust laws as they do not demonstrate long-term impacts. This is especially true for a multi-trillion-dollar organisation such as Google.

The one area where work is actually reasonably advanced on a complex and challenging area applicable to AI is the Office of the privacy Commissioner’s proposed biometrics code of practice.

Software developers don’t fear AI, but pay rates are under pressure as economic headwinds around the world make the halcyon days post-Covid all but a distant memory.

We must invest in clean energy production and effective energy-recovery solutions at data centres. And for now, perhaps we should consider if we really need ChatGPT to draw a silly picture.

Some good news arrived this week with the go-live for the National Data Platform, a common platform for national datasets that were previously scattered across the dozens of entities that have now been brought into the Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora fold.

Taking the open source path gives Meta a big point of differentiation with its rivals and the ability to leverage the wisdom of the open source community.