While evangelists predict human level intelligence by 2029, doomsayers say AI will bring the end of the human race! The truth is likely to lie between these extremes. However things …
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16 August 2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) Bitcoin, cybersecurity, leadership strategy and hi-tech exports are themes at this year’s Canterbury Tech Summit on 14 September in Christchurch. In a recent Idealog interview Summit chair …
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16 August 2017
Last night we hosted our first Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) Connect Event in Auckland. The sold out event showcased local AI talent, provided an excellent opportunity to …
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16 August 2017
A big thank you to those who attended our recent FinTechNZ Connect event series in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland. If you missed our winter event series, read the highlights and …
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01 August 2017
Every day there is a new article that discusses the sea change disrupting the banking industry. This change, they say, will fundamentally disrupt the financial services value chain for customers, …
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27 July 2017
Article from Vito Petan on LinkedIn It seems almost every day that we are hearing of a new Initial coin offering raising tens (or hundreds) of millions dollars in a matter …
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27 July 2017
The latest FinTechNZ Connect event series in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland raised important issues, a constant theme being the need to engage early with authorities and business.
25 July 2017
Article from www.virgin.com In some ways big business has never been bigger. As Apple surges past an $800bn valuation it’s increasingly clear that a small number of tech companies are …
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18 July 2017
Article from Vito Petan on LinkedIn Fidelity, one of the largest asset managers in the world, added bitcoin support to their website and started accepting the digital currency in its employee …
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17 July 2017