"It had specific questions," Charlie Maclean said, but it was nothing like connecting with a potential employer face-to-face.
New Zealand
Monday 6:00am
The court found the video crossed the line, saying it didn’t reflect actual events and presented statements made in the footage as coming directly from the victim.
Crime and Justice
Sun, Oct 4
Like a baby taking its first tentative steps, New Zealand's political firmament is finally talking about how to manage the arrival of artificial intelligence.
Politics
The agents, designed to complete ongoing tasks proactively on behalf of users, are a competitor of Meta's personal agent Muse.
World
Wed, Sep 30
"I will never stifle the growth of a technology that will be bigger than the industrial revolution," Trump said at the unveiling of an AI chatbot, America.gov.
It's the latest in the company's effort to decelerate the pace of the technology's advance.
Tue, Sep 29
An OpenAI agent breached a Medicare statistics portal in June, but the company did not inform the government until early September.
Debates inside the AI industry and beyond over the plausibility of doomsday scenarios have heated up since several executives endorsed slowing the technology's development.
Mon, Sep 28
China and the US agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications, the two governments said.
Sun, Sep 27
Pope Leo XIV opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, a nuclear arms race and other threats to life itself.
Sat, Sep 26
The timing of this revelation was "pretty tactical" according to Olivia Shen, a Director at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
Fri, Sep 25
"The technology is more persuasive, more intimate, and more powerful," the Duke of Sussex said
Thu, Sep 24
Anthony Albanese made the revelation following a phone conversation with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman in New York on the sidelines of a UN event.
There’s no shortage of fantastical scenarios, and most of them involve the concept of “superintelligent” AI – that is, AI that’s more capable than humans.
AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the topic gaining urgency in both countries.
Tue, Sep 22
"This is probably the first election where a significant chunk of Kiwis use AI to tell them how they should vote," a political polling expert says.
Sun, Sep 20
The uncertainty over where it all could lead is at the heart of growing fears about AI evading human control and possible threats to humanity.
Here's a look at what some of the major players have said.
A Hawke's Bay-based food truck operated by a giant robotic arm is offering a glimpse into what the future of New Zealand's takeaway industry could look like.
Fri, Sep 18
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” activity in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on safety heats up.
Thu, Sep 17
In a lengthy essay, Anthropic's chief executive warned that a “Chinese lead in AI would pose grave danger for the United States and the world”.
Tue, Sep 15
AI's biggest supporters are urging caution, and global markets are feeling the impact.
Business
The chief executive of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said he thought the industry needed to reduce the speed of its work.
Mon, Sep 14
The US President says the country can't afford to lose the AI race to China, despite growing calls from industry leaders to slow development and tighten safeguards.
The CEO of Anthropic said the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up.
Sun, Sep 13
