More than a million people tested ChatGPT during its first few days online, generating everything from pop lyrics and trivia to generating articles, with sometimes dubious results, AIForumNZ executive director Madeline Newman says.
09 February 2023
February 8, 2023 Most New Zealanders believe it is not easy to protect their information online and they find the idea of being more in control of their digital identity appealing, according to a new Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) survey just released. DINZ is a not for profit member association of the New Zealand …
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January 30, 2023 This year has been earmarked as one of significant cyber risk to organisations so the New Zealand cybersecurity summit in Wellington on March 14 and 15 is critical to being prepared for any hack attack, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The covid pandemic provided cyber criminals with a fertile ground to …
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Chatbots are what you see on your screens,often using a visual representation of a human (a digital human) or in a chat text box.
23 January 2023
Te Papa Atawhai Department of Conservation (DOC) and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (Toitū Te Whenua) are producing a joint Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) that looks at how we can help biodiversity thrive through the innovative use of information and emerging technologies. The initial public consultation undertaken in November 2021, was intended to …
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January 12, 2023 The New Zealand life sciences summit in Wellington in March will help break a glass ceiling for the biotech industry, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. The summit will look at the challenges and opportunities New Zealand and the world is facing from climate emissions, gene editing, scaling New Zealand tech for the world, …
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January 10, 2023 A revolution in finance is changing the way Kiwis live, work and pay and it’s happening fast. The litmus test of how rapidly fintech is changing will be judged at the FinTechNZ hui taumata event in Auckland on February 28. The summit brings together the brightest minds in the fintech sector to offer …
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NZTech is calling on tech firms, businesses and employers to provide valuable insight into skills and training needs for the Aotearoa digital tech sector. The digital sector in Aotearoa is one of the fastest growing segments of the economy and has been a critical source of domestic economic growth. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry of …
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14 December 2022
