Synthetic performers are defined under state law as "digitally-created media that appear as a real person".

Ads in NY must now label AI-generated 'synthetic performers'

Synthetic performers are defined under state law as "digitally-created media that appear as a real person", and apply to any medium including social media.

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Workers assemble robots at the LY iTech Beijing Super Factory for Embodied Artificial Intelligence during a media tour in the Beijing E-Town on the outskirts of Beijing on May 29, 2026.

China can build humanoids at scale, finding buyers is the hard part

Robot companies seek ways to expand and dominate the market, but some experts believe demand lags the capacity to build them.

Sun, Jun 7

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on February 26, 2026.

Major AI firm urges 'pause' in development as risks grow

Anthropic warns AI technology is improving so quickly there's a risk humans would lose control.

Sun, Jun 7

Copyright Licensing NZ says New Zealand is behind on AI regulation, as the Government signals it won't have a framework in place until at least 2027.

Copyright watchdog calls for tribunal to handle AI disputes

Copyright Licensing NZ says New Zealand is behind on AI regulation, as the Government signals it won't have a framework in place until at least 2027.

Sun, Jun 7

Report warns AI data centre boom threatens resources

Report warns AI data centre boom threatens resources

The UN issued warnings in a report into the environmental impact of AI, calling for regulatory changes to avert its most harmful impacts.

Thu, Jun 4

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman.

Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for concealing ChatGPT risks

The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks.

Tue, Jun 2

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on February 26, 2026.

US military leaders urge caution as Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI

The clash over the integration of AI into the military, who ultimately controls the technology and the ethics behind its use has played out in unusually public fashion during the Trump administration.

Mon, Jun 1

May 2026
The pecuniary interests register shows Upston has no mortgage on the apartment.

Govt lauds new law allowing AI to make benefit decisions

The Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament on Friday, rushed through the house under urgency.

Fri, May 29

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas.

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto

Leo said the technology had helped accelerate the "normalisation of war" by desensitising people to its cost.

Tue, May 26

The evolutionary biologist spoke to Q+A's Jack Tame as he marks 50 years of The Selfish Gene.

Richard Dawkins likens AI to sci-fi: 'Claude and ChatGPT are HAL'

The evolutionary biologist spoke to Q+A's Jack Tame ahead of what he is calling his farewell tour to New Zealand.

Sun, May 24

Chief Executive of NVIDIA Jensen Huang signs a DELL machine at Dell Technologies World event happing in Las Vegas on Monday, May 18, 2026.

Nvidia quarterly results boosted by massive AI chip demand

Nvidia's results have exceeded the analyst projections that shape investors’ perceptions since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks three years ago.

Thu, May 21

To see how the technology works in practice, I gave it a test run — interviewing for a fictional reporter role at TVNZ through an AI recruitment assistant.

AI is interviewing thousands of Kiwi job seekers — so I gave it a try

Artificial intelligence is increasingly reshaping how New Zealanders get hired — with one company alone conducting more than 2500 AI-led interviews last month.

Thu, May 21

Elon Musk loses lawsuit against Open AI and its top executives

Elon Musk loses lawsuit against Open AI and its top executives

Musk had accused the company he helped found of betraying a shared vision for it to guide AI development as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity’s benefit.

Tue, May 19

Director Steven Soderbergh poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'John Lennon: The Last Interview' during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 16, 2026

Director defends AI usage in John Lennon documentary

Steven Soderbergh's documentary John Lennon: The Last Interview uses artificial intelligence to visualise a conversation between Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Mon, May 18

March 2026
An early artist impression of Datagrid's data centre in Makarewa, north of Invercargill.

Invercargill mayor stands by comments over AI factory cable

Tom Campbell is standing by his view that a new cable for a large AI data factory will not impact the environment at Ōreti Beach, despite a report saying otherwise.

Tue, Mar 17

Facility near Invercargill boosts dreams of the region to become an artificial intelligence and data hub. 

Massive AI factory: Region weighing positives against negatives

Potential impacts of a large cable on the natural environment have been highlighted in a commissioner’s report, including disturbance to wildlife.

Fri, Mar 13

Voting.

AI is already creeping into election campaigns. Are NZ's rules ready?

Months out from the next general election, political "AI slop" is spilling over social media feeds. Experts say lessons from overseas could help electoral laws catch up.

Wed, Mar 4

February 2026
Composite image by Vania Chandrawidjaja (Source: iStock/1News)

Election 2026: What parties say about the threat of AI to fool voters

All major political parties agree artificial intelligence must not be used to mislead, but their approaches to using – or avoiding – the technology in the 2026 campaign vary widely.

Tue, Feb 10

Social media accounts are using artificial intelligence to write "news" content and pair it with fabricated imagery which is unlabelled, inaccurate, and in some cases ethically troubled.

AI-generated 'news' pages on social media misleading thousands of Kiwis

Facebook pages using unlabelled AI imagery and rewritten press releases are mimicking real news outlets, prompting warnings from civil defence authorities and media experts.

Mon, Feb 9

As 2026 begins, virtual journeys back to 2016 are trending

As 2026 begins, virtual journeys back to 2016 are trending

Why is everyone looking back to 2016? A look at the current cultural nostalgia for the transitional year.

Sun, Feb 1

January 2026
Apple and Google logos on their respective devices (file image)

Apple calls on Google to help catch up on iPhone AI features

Many of Apple's AI features remain in the development phase, while Google and Samsung have been rolling out more of the technology on their own devices.

Tue, Jan 13

December 2025
Books (file image).

NZME apologises for Christmas list featuring made-up book titles

Some have speculated online that some of the fake book titles published in NZME-owned papers may have been AI-generated.

December 27, 2025

Scepticism over humanoid robots at Silicon Valley summit

Scepticism over humanoid robots at Silicon Valley summit

The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move their mechanical bodies like humans and do things that people do.

December 13, 2025

October 2025
Some Kiwi brands which are no more.

The reasons GrabOne and some other Kiwi brands have struggled

Marketing expert Bodo Lang identifies key factors that may be putting local companies under pressure.

October 19, 2025

Experts say the material is now spreading across mainstream social media, chat forums, and search platforms. 

Surge in AI-generated child abuse images raises alarm over NZ laws

Global watchdogs have recorded an explosion in AI-generated child sexual abuse material.

October 17, 2025