11 November 2024
The AI Forum, in partnership with Callaghan Innovation and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, is advancing its research into the impact of AI on productivity in Aotearoa New … Continue reading "Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ"
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26 September 2024
Kia ora, Thank you to everyone who joined us at our annual Aotearoa AI Summit: Atamai Tuatahi | Intelligence First! It was a huge success thanks to all of our members, speakers … Continue reading "Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ"
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25 September 2024
Avoid an AI governance blind spot! Board members need to seriously consider artificial intelligence (AI) governance as AI becomes integral to business operations. Understanding its impact is key to fulfilling … Continue reading "Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ"
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19 September 2024
As AI continues to transform the way we work, learn and connect, strong AI governance is key to ensuring success. It helps organisations use AI responsibly, aligned with both their … Continue reading "Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ"
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18 September 2024
Kia ora, The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AI Forum) Annual Meeting is coming soon, and this provides you and your organisation an opportunity to be involved in shaping … Continue reading "Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ"
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05 September 2024
The AI Forum is delighted to announce the establishment of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Working Group. The AEC sector is a vital part of New Zealand’s economy, contributing … Continue reading "Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ"
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21 August 2024
Congratulations to our AI Hackathon 2024 regional winners! Our four day festival featured 48 hour hackathons across multiple locations.
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20 August 2024
In preparation for the event, we reached out to local companies to secure mentors and expert speakers. We are extremely grateful for the enthusiasm and support we were met with. We learned a lot about the tech sector in Dunedin and were even invited to office tours of some of the companies.
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20 August 2024
Last week I had the pleasure of hosting the Wellington chapter of the AI Forum of New Zealand's AI for the Environment Hackathon Festival. It's a tremendous event that brought together over 250 hackers across six locations.
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24 July 2024
Today, we’re delighted to announce the publication of our AI Blueprint for Aotearoa New Zealand. Special thanks to our dedicated working group, our Executive Council and Workshop contributors.
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24 July 2024
This month in our new AI leadership Q&A series we meet executive council member Anshuman Banjeree and discover what inspires him.
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24 July 2024
The AI Forum of New Zealand proudly announces the publication of the AI Blueprint for Aotearoa New Zealand. It proposes leveraging existing industry initiatives to help drive results and achieve a shared vision.
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17 June 2024
Everyone talks about the impact artificial intelligence is having in the workplace, but no one has been able to accurately measure this. That’s about to change, as AI Forum NZ partners with Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington and Callaghan Innovation to launch the first of a series of quarterly surveys to measure AI’s impact.
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More New Zealanders every day are becoming used to chatbots or digital employees who serve customer requests which saves companies money. The AI Forum of New Zealand’s recent research report says chatbots are increasingly being used in New Zealand to resolve any queries or issues. Support c
November 6, 2019
The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AI Forum) announces the appointment of Emma Naji as its new executive director. Emma is a computer scientist and brings a 20 year entrepreneurial career spanning tech, artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. She created one of the earlies
November 5, 2019
More than 600 women die from breast cancer each year in New Zealand. With an AI augmented screening programme, many of these deaths might be preventable according to the AI Forum of New Zealand’s latest research report. The programme could pay for itself, given that the cost of breast cancer i
November 5, 2019
The days of hospital specialists spending more time treating patients and less time processing referrals may soon be over. The AI Forum of New Zealand’s recent health research report says tens of millions of dollars are being spent to come up with an artificial intelligence system to speed up
November 4, 2019
Two new AI Forum reports - AI for Health and AI for Agriculture in Aotearoa The AI Forum continues to publish the outputs of our research programme. Two new reports AI for Health in New Zealand / Haoura i te Atamai Iahiko and AI for Agriculture in New Zealand / Ahuwhenua i te Atam
November 1, 2019
AI is the 21st century’s number 8 wire for Kiwi agriculture, an artificial intelligence research report released today says. The new AI Forum of New Zealand report AI for Agriculture / Ahuwhenua i te Atamai Iahiko launched in Christchurch last night examines the New Zealand and international A
October 30, 2019
New Zealand’s district health boards are facing a $500 million annual deficit but artificial intelligence (AI) could annually contribute more than $700 million of value and savings to the New Zealand health system by 2026. The AI Forum of New Zealand launches their latest AI research repo
October 22, 2019
Kia ora readers, The AI Forum’s Working Group on Growing the AI Talent Pool has produced the recent findings of its New Zealand AI Talent Employer Survey. Over the last few months, the working group team carried out interview surveys of firms working with AI in New Zealand, w
October 8, 2019
AI wins at Hide and Seek using teamwork / AI generated images to replace stock photos? / AI in New Zealand’s Contact Centre sector Kia ora readers, Another fortnight, another set of amazing advances in AI! Last week, you may have caught the news (and great videos!) that researchers at AI
September 25, 2019