AI
What now for ChatGPT and AI in business? Assoc. Prof. Elsamari Botha has some answers
Assoc. Prof. Elsamari Botha looks at how AI, and language models like ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionise the way businesses operate, at Raising the Bar Christchurch 2023. Audio
Apple's new voice replicator can bypass bank voice authentication
A new accessibility tool set to roll out across Apple devices can replicate a user's voice with enough accuracy to bypass banking recognition systems. Audio
Tech: Open AI's regulation moves, Blinkenlights cybercrimes, billionaires cage fight
Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about how OpenAI's Sam Altman tried to water down landmark AI legislation coming out of the EU, the security researchers who worked out how to… Audio
Massey University responds to students anxious over lack of tech for on-line, AI supervised exams
Anxious Massey University students say they are ill-prepared to sit exams on-line, supervised by AI, as now required by the university. Kathryn speaks with Massey University Provost Professor Giselle… Audio
Tracey Spicer: how AI backs up gender biases
Australian journalist Tracey Spicer speaks out against the use of sexist and racist stereotypes by artificial intelligence technology in her new book Man-Made. Audio
AI in education, skills for an AI-powered future and in-game
Technology expert Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh joins Kathryn to talk about the continued debate on how to handle the rise of artificial intelligence in the education sector, how people can develop their AI… Audio
Using AI to value companies
A research team at the University of Auckland has successfully used artificial intelligence to evaluate the actual value of companies. Dr Helen Lu is a senior lecturer accounting and finance, at the… Audio
Rina Bliss: how intelligence can expand
Dr Rina Bliss' new book examines the nature of intelligence and its elasticity. In Rethinking Intelligence - A Radical New Understanding of Our Human Potential Rina challenges the conventional wisdom… Audio
Grant Duncan: Slowing the AI Juggernaut
This week an open letter signed by more than 25,000 people, including Elon Musk and Apple's Steve Wozniak has called for all Artificial Intelligence labs to immediately pause the training of AI… Audio
AI and Photography
german artist has sent the photographic world into a spin, after his AI generated generated image won a major prize at a prestigious competition Despite winning first prize in the Creative category at… Audio
Concerns over the use of AI supervision in university exams
Controversial AI software used to monitor online exams is being rolled out at Massey University, a move being labelled as "disastrous" for disabled students, and students who are neuro-diverse. The… Audio
Brian Christian: AI’s ethical alignment problem
Computer scientist and author Brian Christian writes about one of the fundamental problems of AI development in his book The Alignment Problem: how do we ensure machine learning systems represent the… Audio
ChatGPT recipe fail leaves a sour taste
The latest iteration of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is supposed to be able to create recipes from images. But as food writer Lucy Corry finds out, results may vary.
Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson
Today Dan Watson, owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services talks to Jesse about usage of AI to make imposter scams using voice cloning. Audio
Technology: Jack Dorsey's new social network, the rise of AI scams
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's new social media endeavour - Bluesky. The US Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning over… Audio
AI screens patients for melanoma
An artificial intelligence programme has been created by MoleMap to be used by GPs, nurses and technicians to screen patients for melanoma, with an accuracy rate of over 90 percent, almost as accurate… Audio
Advanced AI in criminals' hands is a danger
Opinion - Generative AI can write essays, code software, create music and art, and hold conversations. It is exciting, but what happens when they're turned to illegal uses?
Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson
Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Daniel Watson talks to Jesse about the chat bot chatGPT uses in the office and what it means for the future. Audio
AI's new frontier: Works of art and human-like chatbots
Artificial intelligence continues to seep into our daily lives, but what are the ethical implications of it? Audio
Tech: Facebook job cuts and the boom in generative AI
Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about the 11,000 jobs being cut from Facebook's parent company Meta, the explosion in generative AI, a programming tool that can write code in a… Audio