A Meta spokesperson said the company strongly disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit.
Crime and Justice
Thursday 7:40am
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Five hundred applications is usually considered a lot, so when thousands turned up it was a shock.
New Zealand
Wed, Feb 18
Anthropic’s chief financial officer Krishna Rao said the company will use the surge of investments to continue building "enterprise-grade products" and AI models.
World
Sun, Feb 15
Lunar New Year festivities in China will include humanoid robots adorned in traditional Chinese clothing.
A New Mexico prosecutor's team built a case by posing as kids through social media accounts, then documenting the arrival of sexual solicitations.
Business
Mon, Feb 9
There's no way to verify whether a post has been made by an AI agent or a person posing as one, raising sceptical questions.
Sun, Feb 8
TikTok denied the accusations, calling it a "categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform".
Sat, Feb 7
The tech giant's Global Head of Safety spoke to 1News ahead of a keynote address at a social media event in New Zealand.
Tue, Feb 3
Why is everyone looking back to 2016? A look at the current cultural nostalgia for the transitional year.
Sun, Feb 1
Organisers are urging more businesses and government departments to get involved.
A memory chip crunch caused in part by AI could however, threaten to push Apple to raise the prices on iPhones and other products.
The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than February 8, two days later than planned.
Sat, Jan 31
An IT failure forced some hospitals to rely on pen and paper for 12 hours followed closely on the Government setting up a new centre to try and fix weak, old systems.
Health
The CMA's report noted that news publishers have suffered a drop in traffic since Google rolled out its AI Overviews.
Thu, Jan 29
The Public Service Association blamed the Government's underfunding of Health NZ's digital services team.
Online platforms have shifted from connection to spectacle, writes social scientist Carolina Are.
Life
Wed, Jan 28
A 19-year-old at the core of the case claims her use of social media from an early age led to addiction and exacerbated her mental health struggles.
“The brains of our children and our teenagers are not for sale," The French President said.
Tue, Jan 27
The chatbot spewed non-consensual sexualised deepfake images on Musk's social media platform X.
Some of the images depicted scenes of destruction with mud and wreckage not actually visible at the site.
The Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 is far from perfect, say experts Cassandra Mudgway and Andrew Lensen.
Wed, Jan 21
The retailer has revealed which branches will log off first as its nationwide wind‑down kicks off.
Tue, Jan 20
Woolworths in Australia has announced a partnership with Google to incorporate artificial intelligence into its chatbot.
Sat, Jan 17
Shoppers crowded stores and overwhelmed the website as the retailer began its final 50% off clearance ahead of all 38 New Zealand stores closing on January 31.
Thu, Jan 15
Car manufacturers are being asked to “bring back buttons” for important driver controls, including headlights and windscreen wipers.
Tue, Jan 13
