Artificial Intelligence
Stuff deploys AI for DIY news
Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it’s also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has… Audio
Summer science: AI and medicinal cannabis
In the final instalment of the summer science series, science communication students tackle two controversial topics: medicinal cannabis, and AI consciousness. Audio
Tech sector revenue up, but AI will see jobs go
This year's Technology Investment Network's TIN200 companies report indicates the top 200 tech sector companies generated more than 17-billion in revenue in the year to June - an increase of 1-point-8… Audio
The future of AI and what's making people in the know nervous
We know artificial intelligence is moving forward in leaps and bounds, making a lot of people quite nervous for the future. There's a lot of A.I innovations happening right here in New Zealand. Emre… Audio
Stuff keeps Open AI at arm's length
New Zealand's biggest publisher of news this week joined big global names in blocking Open AI from using its content to power generative artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. Stuff says it is being… Audio
Technology with Peter Griffin
Google has just celebrated its 25th birthday. The hit search engine allowed it to innovate with Gmail, Maps and Google Cloud. Peter Griffin discusses the future of the $1.7 trillion dollar company as… Audio
The Week in Detail: Wallabies, AI, and the NZ Steel deal
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Computational creativity: AI's impact on advertising and creative industries
The emergence of AI will inevitably change creative industries, but is yet to really impress, according to a new survey. AUT researchers asked five New Zealand-based advertising agencies to consider… Audio
This election year, we need to brace ourselves for AI
National's AI-generated attack ads are just the tip of the iceberg. Could AI turn this election upside down? Audio
How AI falls short of the wonders of the human brain
"The False Promise of ChatGPT" was the headline of a recent New York Times op-ed, penned by three leading thinkers in the field of artificial intelligence. Kathryn speaks to one of the authors, Dr… Audio
Grant Duncan: Slowing the AI Juggernaut
This week an open letter signed by more than 25,000 people, including Elon Musk and Apple's Steve Wozniak has called for all Artificial Intelligence labs to immediately pause the training of AI… Audio
Brian Christian: AI’s ethical alignment problem
Computer scientist and author Brian Christian writes about one of the fundamental problems of AI development in his book The Alignment Problem: how do we ensure machine learning systems represent the… Audio
ChatGPT: What is it, and why is it being banned in some places?
Type in any prompt or question and you will receive an eloquently worded answer that's (mostly) accurate.
AI's new frontier: Works of art and human-like chatbots
Artificial intelligence continues to seep into our daily lives, but what are the ethical implications of it? Audio
The Week in Detail: AI, party presidents, and food banks
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Planning for the robot uprising
Major parts of our daily lives are controlled by artificial intelligence. What if it turns against us? Audio
Renewable energy for remote communities could benefit from AI
Artificial intelligence can be used to design better renewable energy systems and could offer remote communities cheaper options, according to a new study. Audio
Are we already living in the Metaverse?
In 2019, computer scientist Riz Virk wrote a book called The Simulation Hypothesis, which outlined the 10 stages of technology development that would take us to the Simulation Point. He joins the show… Video, Audio
Tell-tale hints before volcanic eruptions found using AI
Researchers have pinpointed precursors to volcanic eruptions, in data collected before explosions including the deadly 2019 Whakaari surge that killed 22 people.
Why 'forgetting' is actually a new form of learning
It's a commonly-held belief that forgetting things is the first sign of a slippery slide into cognitive decline. However, researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Toronto now argue… Audio