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.

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Wondering which BI tool is best for you? this post explores the differences between Power BI from Microsoft and QuickSight from Amazon. Hopefully this will arm you with the information needed to make a choice.

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.

Why should we care about professionalism, codes of conduct, standards and ethics? what will the impact of ethical AI development look like? Here is a summary of a guest lecture I gave on these topics.

When platforms control access to the “product”, they also control the science around its impacts. Ultimately, these self-research funding models allow platforms to put profit before people – and divert attention away from the need for more transparency and independent oversight.