Access to ultrafast broadband could add $163 billion to GDP over the next decade as the high-speed network enables new digital services and uptake increases.

In dusty factories, cramped internet cafes and makeshift home offices around the world, millions of people sit at computers tediously labelling data. These workers are the lifeblood of the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) industry.

Google is threatening to pull New Zealand news snippets from its search and Google News platforms. But the Government should hold firm in a rare effort to address the power imbalance between Big Tech and nations grappling with the implications of their influence.

AI certainly has it’s useful place in share market investing. But as is the case with accountants and lawyers, AI isn’t going to put stock brokers out of work any time soon.

Sam Altman will now be able to become a major equity holder in OpenAI and reap the financial rewards. His long-suffering execs could have cashed in to an even greater degree too, but have decided to jump off that particular AI train, which is rather telling.

New Zealand's government-funded Deep Tech Incubator Programme has supported nearly half of the country’s deep tech startups since it was founded a decade ago, awarding $44 million in replayable grants.