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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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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
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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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
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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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
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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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
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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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
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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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 21 August 2024
Congratulations to our AI Hackathon 2024 regional winners! Our four day festival featured 48 hour hackathons across multiple locations.
Read More 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.
Read More 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.
Read More 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.
Read More 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.
Read More 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.
Read More 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.
Read More 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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 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 "AI Adoption in Aotearoa, Robots and the Future of Work, Visualising a Fruit Fly Brain"
Read More 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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Kia Ora Readers Wow, this has been a busy few weeks in AI! Boosting AI Adoption in Aotearoa We had some lively discussions at our two recent panel events in Auckland and Wellington exploring AI Adoption in Aotearoa - check out the details here. Many thanks to all our panelists&
August 7, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) already powers many of our daily interactions. In the same way that electricity transformed every industry more than a hundred years ago, AI is set to have a similar impact. Recently, the AI Forum hosted panel discussions in Auckland and Wellington to exp
August 6, 2019
Kia Ora readers, We’re looking forward to getting the AI Forum community together and hearing from expert AI panelists for discussing AI Adoption in Aotearoa this Wednesday at Victoria University in Wellington and next Tuesday at IBM in Auckland. If you haven’t alr
July 23, 2019
Kia ora readers, Later this month, the AI Forum is hosting two panel discussion events on 24 July in Wellington and 30 July in Auckland. Wellington panelists include Xero’s Christopher Laing and AI Advisory’s Emma Naji. In Auckland, IAG’s Ratneesh S
July 9, 2019
Kia ora Reader, CogX, the world’s largest festival of AI, was an amazing experience and an opportunity to gauge how New Zealand’s AI community compares to the rest of the world. Read my CogX highlights here. Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning is a newly published, c
June 25, 2019
Last week I got to spend 3 days at CogX, the world's biggest "Festival of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology" in Kings Cross, London. The event is billed as the "Glastonbury of Tech" with over 10 stages hosting a full programme of speaker presentations and discussions together with
June 19, 2019
The AI Forum’s 2018 report, Artificial Intelligence: Shaping a Future New Zealand, suggested that adoption of AI in New Zealand Government is currently ‘disconnected and sparsely deployed.’ In the wake of this report, the Ministers for Government Digital Services and Statistics commissioned a
June 12, 2019
Kia ora readers,Greetings from a showery British summertime! I’ve made the trip over to the other side of the world this week, alongside a few other AI Forum members, to attend the 2019 CogX Festival of AI and Emerging Technology in Kings Cross, London. This is the largest gathering
June 11, 2019
What's it all about? AI Forum Executive Director Ben Reid participated in a discussion with three leading New Zealand data science and machine learning experts. The conversation examined AI business cases, implementation challenges and lessons at the coalface from those actively delivering AI so
June 5, 2019