Greens call for a one-year moratorium on consents for new "AI data centres", which have been divisive in communities locally and abroad.
Environment
6:06pm
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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.
World
1:01pm
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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
The findings come as countries are determining how to put up guardrails around AI without impeding their ability to compete in the rapidly developing field.
Sun, Jul 19
Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Xi says, while reiterating objections to an “overstretching” of national security concerns.
The newest Kimi K3 model from Beijing-based startup Moonshot appears to be catching up to the best versions of Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Sat, Jul 18
Apple said in the lawsuit that the theft of its trade secrets was part of a “coordinated pattern of misconduct at an institutional level” by OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
Sat, Jul 11
The Muse Image function announced earlier this week was automatically being turned on for Instagram accounts, with Meta calling it "image generation built for your world".
Explainer
A new feature introduced by Instagram this week allows your photos to be used by anyone to make AI images.
Fri, Jul 10
New Zealand has a relatively low rate of AI adoption, with more than a third of workers feeling guilty about using it, according to new research.
New Zealand
Tue, Jul 7
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Sun, Jun 28
Analysis: A UN report warns AI could soon use more water than we need to drink.
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.
Business
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
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
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
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
