15 February 2019
So it’s February 2019 already. I have recently been thinking about how Aotearoa’s AI capabilities need to progress faster in the year ahead. 2018 was the year that Kiwis started to wake up to AI and its implications for us as individuals, wider society and the economy. However, levels of AI adoption and investment in New Zealand remain generally low, despite growing pockets of world class innovation.
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13 February 2019
Identifying fake news, robots replacing teachers and advancing cancer detection and treatment are just three topics on the agenda at this year’s AI Day
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23 January 2019
Welcome to 2019, which I expect will be a transformational year for Artificial Intelligence in New Zealand and around the world.
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12 October 2018
New Zealand has a thriving industry working with AI technologies at all levels.
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Last week, the AI Forum held our first Connect Eventin Dunedin with a packed house, kindly hosted by the Signal ICT Graduate School. The event showcased AI-related research underway at the University of Otago, together with a presentation on techniques for introducing intelligent agents int
November 6, 2018
This week we released the updated New Zealand AI Ecosystem Map with over 60 new organisations added in this iteration. This brings the total number of organisations we have identified to 194, up from 104 when we first released in January. This is a clear signal that local AI investment and adop
October 26, 2018
The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) has grown significantly since our establishment in June 2017 - as a membership based organisation we are moving towards electing members to our Executive Council and Annual Meeting. That means election season is now upon us! AIFNZ was esta
October 25, 2018
***Updated to V1.4 12 October 2018*** New Zealand has a thriving industry working with AI technologies. Discover who is currently investing in, working with and considering AI in New Zealand. Prior to the publication of the AI Forum's 2018 research report, Artificial Intelligence: Shaping a Fu
October 12, 2018
On Monday I participated in an all-of-government workshop facilitated by GCDO as part of the development of a new Government Digital Strategy to replace the current Government ICT Strategy which dates back to 2013. Fundamentally, digital technology is transforming everyone’s expectations of how
October 9, 2018
It was fantastic to bring the AI Forum community together for our inaugural Working Groups Summit on 14 September. There was so much productive energy in the room, the opportunity to make new connections and engage with other working group members. The Slack channels have been busy ever since as
September 26, 2018
You can’t have missed the continued uncertainty surrounding the appointment of a national Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for New Zealand - a role designed to “help develop a digital strategy for New Zealand, drive our digital agenda and respond to the opportunities and challenges of our changin
September 11, 2018
This week, I have been digesting the profound concepts in a recent paper by preeminent UK Economist Adair Turner, Capitalism in the Age of Robots. The paper considers the possible long term impacts of rapid technological progress and in particular, of work automation and artificial intelligence.
August 28, 2018
This week, I’ve been blown away learning more about the amazing AI and Robotics research happening in New Zealand’s universities. At the AI Forum Connect event in Christchurch Professor Simon Brown discussed his work developing low power neuromorphic chips – devices which mimic the behav
August 9, 2018
