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.

As investment in generative AI continues to grow globally, New Zealand’s government has been implementing its use across the public sector and businesses to embrace the technology’s potential. But the environmental, social and governance risks and costs of AI remain under-investigated.

US presidential hopefuls are embracing podcasts like never before because they attract large audiences and people have more trust in podcast hosts than mainstream media. But NotebookLM could be about to turn podcasting on its head with automated discussions from real-sounding hosts.

New Zealand university researchers have come up with a novel use of Google’s free Street View service to analyse public roads and footpaths for their risk of causing falls.

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.