AI Technology
ChatGPT – What’s it all about?
Chatbots are what you see on your screens,often using a visual representation of a human (a digital human) or in a chat text box.
23 January 2023
The exciting future of ChatGPT in Aotearoa
09 February 2023
More than a million people tested ChatGPT during its first few days online, generating everything from pop lyrics and trivia to generating articles, with sometimes dubious results, AIForumNZ executive director Madeline Newman says.
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ChatGPT – What’s it all about?
23 January 2023
Chatbots are what you see on your screens,often using a visual representation of a human (a digital human) or in a chat text box.
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Submission on use of emerging technologies to enhance biodiversity
18 January 2023
Te Papa Atawhai Department of Conservation (DOC) and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (Toitū Te Whenua) are producing a joint Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) that looks at how we can help biodiversity thrive through the innovative use of information and emerging technologies. The initial public consultation undertaken in November 2021, was intended to … Continue reading "ChatGPT – What’s it all about?"
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Indigenous Knowledge - a vital tool in the fight to save our planet
19 December 2022
"There are not enough trees in the world to sequester the carbon we produce - and there never will be" Take a listen:
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AI Enviro Hackathon Report 2022
02 December 2022
In September 2022 we ran the AI Forum's first ever New Zealand-wide hackathon series and partnered with She Sharp in the first ever Female-led AI Hackathon. Based on our May 2022 AI for the Environment Report, the series resulted in bringing people with rare skill sets together around environmental issues that affect us all - with some amazing results.
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AI Technology
AI a revolutionary force for the NZ insurance trade
AI is one of the most revolutionary forces for the insurance trade in New Zealand today, a major landmark national AI report just released says.
28 November 2019
AI Forum News
Digital doppelgangers now a reality
Creating your true digital twin is now possible and will provide a groundbreaking 3D future for the entertainment, gaming, tourism and telecommunication industries, says a global expert on computational photography and computer vision. Professor Jingyi Yu, of ShanghaiTech University and DGene, uses a combination of light field acquisition and reconstruction technology to generate an exact … Continue reading "Digital doppelgangers now a reality"
15 March 2019
AI Technology
AI tech at tipping point
AI is being increasingly used to make lives easier and more productive. The potential of AI can be found across every facet of society, including business, entertainment, finance, health, manufacturing and more, he says.
02 May 2018
AI & Society
NZ produces a world-first AI medical diagnosis platform
A New Zealand company has created a world-first artificial intelligence (AI) medical platform for medical researchers and clinicians to create AI to auto-diagnose a large range of diseases based on a single photograph. Dunedin company oDocs, which created the system for Medicmind, says the AI system is working well and is ready for beta testing. … Continue reading "NZ produces a world-first AI medical diagnosis platform"
18 March 2018
AI Forum News
AI bringing exciting possibilities to NZ
In Phoenix, Arizona, cars are self-navigating the streets. In many homes, people are speaking to digital assistants, with the machines responding. Smartphones and apps can now recognise faces in photos and translate from one language to another, to name a few other examples of artificial intelligence (AI).
14 March 2018
AI Technology
NZ can’t afford to fall behind in the AI revolution
The head of New Zealand’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) company Soul Machines has issued a plea to New Zealand corporate companies not to fall behind in the global development of AI, the latest tech industrial revolution. Greg Cross, chief business officer for Soul Machines, says jumping on the AI bandwagon is a big challenge and … Continue reading "NZ can’t afford to fall behind in the AI revolution"
28 February 2018
AI & Society
Empowering Healthcare with AI
Healthcare has rapidly become a key focus for the application of new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Alongside the opportunities, challenges surround its use in health, particularly balancing the use of data with privacy.
20 November 2017
AI Technology
Microsoft’s new Iphone app narrates the world for blind people
Microsoft has released Seeing AI — a smartphone app that uses computer vision to describe the world for the visually impaired. With the app downloaded, the users can point their phone’s camera at a person and it’ll say who they are and how they’re feeling. They can also point it at a product and it’ll tell them … Continue reading "Microsoft’s new Iphone app narrates the world for blind people"
13 July 2017