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AI, cryptocurrencies and data privacy: Comparing the Trump and Harris records on technology regulation
As a researcher of information systems and AI, I examined both candidates’ records on technology regulation. Here are the important differences.
Griffin on Tech: Corporate welfare or the key to retaining top tech talent?
The video games sector is thriving, thanks in part to a tax subsidy designed to avoid the industry losing talent to Australia.
Where would we be without the UFB? A lot less productive
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.
NZ is encouraging the use of AI – but it’s largely outsourcing the risks and societal costs
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.
Griffin on Tech: Google’s NotebookLM and the US ‘podcast election’
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.
Google Street View a quick way to assess fall risk - NZ researchers
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.