You can’t have missed the continued uncertainty surrounding the appointment of a national CTO for New Zealand - a role designed to “help develop a digital strategy for New Zealand, drive our digital agenda and respond to the opportunities and challenges of our changing digital world”, intended to be filled by now.
11 September 2018
The AI Forum is focused on building strong partnerships between key players in the New Zealand AI Ecosystem: Government, global technology platform providers, universities and our many AI innovators and end users.
28 August 2018
This week, I’ve been blown away learning more about the amazing AI and Robotics research happening in New Zealand’s universities.
09 August 2018
There is so much happening in AI, both globally and here in New Zealand, it’s a constant effort to keep up with the ever-expanding reading list!
26 July 2018
Last week, the AI Forum met with Minister Clare Curran to discuss the findings and recommendations from our recent research report Artificial Intelligence - Shaping a Future New Zealand and to hear about the Government’s initiatives relating to AI and data.
10 July 2018
I’ve had a busy few weeks taking part in diverse AI related meetings around the country. A highlight was the workshop hosted by Victoria University of Wellington with the UK’s Dr Gavin Starks, founder of the Open Data Institute
26 June 2018
Last month, it was great to connect with so many smart and dynamic people at Techweek’18 events up and down the country. My personal highlight was the AI in Business panel discussion at ProjectR in Wellington, hosted by WREDA. The quality of discussion and experienced insights from panelists Ana-Maria Mocanu, Asa Cox, Shaun Ryan and …
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In case you missed it, earlier this month, we launched our research report Artificial Intelligence: Shaping a Future New Zealand. If you haven’t already, please download the report here. Following its publication, the Forum is now gearing up for the next phase. We will be establishing several new workstreams to help deliver the report’s recommendations, working with …
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A huge thank you to everyone who supported AI-DAY 2018 on 28 March. This landmark event hosted 500 attendees from New Zealand’s nascent AI community with inspiring, informative presentations and discussions from 23 speakers on the day. This was followed by five technical deep dive workshops the next day.
11 April 2018
