Several US lawsuits against AI companies allege chatbots contributed to teens' mental health issues.
Health
11:16am
May posted an AI-generated image of the cover of Queen’s 1980 record The Game, featuring former bandmate Freddie Mercury, with a message against the technology.
World
Sat, Aug 15
A recent Education Review Office report finds more than half of teachers believe AI is hurting students' ability to think for themselves.
New Zealand
Fri, Aug 14
Several major Chinese tech companies recently pulled the plug on their popular AI companion services to comply with new government restrictions.
Mon, Aug 10
The politics of big data officially became part of New Zealand's election campaign last week, after the Green Party launched a policy calling for a one-year pause on new AI data centres.
Mon, Aug 3
The target of this change is clear – China makes some of the world's most advanced tech, and the US is worried that this tech can be exploited.
Their popularity has frustrated some US tech giants, but short of an outright ban, they're likely to continue to appeal to independent software developers.
Sun, Aug 2
As the global artificial intelligence race accelerates, memory chips like the ones used in everyday electronics are getting more expensive.
Sat, Aug 1
A "large-scale" cybersecurity review has been launched into the incident, which came just days after ChatGPT maker OpenAI revealed its model hacked another company.
Fri, Jul 31
New Zealand clothing brands say they've had a gutsful of offshore fast fashion giants using their images and ripping off designs.
Business
Tue, Jul 28
Greens call for a one-year moratorium on consents for new "AI data centres", which have been divisive in communities locally and abroad.
Environment
Mon, Jul 27
Cue "Skynet Day," the new shorthand for July 22, 2026, when real-life AI sent a chill around the world by learning and acting in ways its creators did not anticipate.
New Brunswick MLA Bill Oliver accidentally recited an AI-generated editing prompt during a speech.
Sat, Jul 25
The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.
Thu, Jul 23
Acting on its own, the AI took “extreme lengths” and “found ways to gain access to secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation".
Wed, Jul 22
Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3000 (NZ$5142) per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
Prioritising today’s challenges risks ignoring, if not worsening, those of tomorrow.
Politics
Mon, Jul 20
Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Xi says, while reiterating objections to an “overstretching” of national security concerns.
Sun, Jul 19
Analysis: A UN report warns AI could soon use more water than we need to drink.
Sun, Jun 28
Analysis: How much water do AI data centres actually use?
A mum of three learned photos of her and her family had been used without consent alongside AI-generated explicit content.
Te Ao Māori
Tue, Jun 23
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
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
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
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
