Silver linings signal our need for AI and Data transformation

26 May 2020

When I speak with my family in the United Kingdom, I feel very fortunate to have experienced such a life changing pandemic from a country so willing to take decisive action and reduce potential harm. Now is the time to take a serious look at the silver linings of this experience and recognise how digital transformation saved us. We must take the evidence and cast it forward to recognise AI’s transformative role if we are to keep thriving in adversity. This includes investment into all aspects of AI and data in New Zealand.

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Open Our Data, Not Our Borders!

09 April 2020

Amidst the current pandemic, countries around the globe have scrambled to action with hopeful and inventive AI tools. Some of these tools can not only diagnose faster, cheaper and more accurately, but help us cope with the wide ranging ramifications.

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Steps to building trustworthy AI in Aotearoa

04 March 2020

The AI Forum of New Zealand today published a set of guiding principles to help build public trust in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) across New Zealand.

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Women in Tech
AI Forum News

Encouraging more women into AI

Wow, it’s been a super busy month, as shown by the size of this month’s newsletter! Visiting New Zealand for last month’s Digital Nations conference, we welcomed Tomáš Ižo, Engineering Director at the Google Research Machine Perception Group.  Tomáš presented to a full house in Wellington with a wide ranging talk covering technical and societal … Continue reading "Encouraging more women into AI"
15 March 2018
AI & Society

AI provides window to get women into tech

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is the next wave of technology and New Zealand must present a fresh window to help encourage women into tech roles.
07 March 2018