Peter Griffin

If you have an xtra.co.nz email address, big and potentially expensive changes are coming.

Spark, which runs Xtra Mail, has announced it will increase the cost of the email service, citing… Audio

Technology journalist Peter Griffin on legislative moves in the US to crack down on non-consensual sexual images generated by AI, following the release of pornographic images of Taylor Swift on X this… Audio

Technology correspondent, Peter Griffin looks at the debut of Apple Vision Pro (and a host of cheaper rivals), the future of driverless cars in New Zealand, and the future of artificial intelligence. 

From December internet giant Google will be shutting down accounts that haven't be accessed in two years.

It's part of a plan to tighten security, minimising the risk of hackers getting access to… Audio

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin looks at the debacle over the firing of Sam Altman as OpenAI's CEO. The non-profit is behind the hugely successful AI ChatGPT, but Altman was sacked by the board… Audio

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as his ex-girlfriend takes the stand. What lessons have been learned in the crypto… Audio

Tech journalist Peter Griffin looks at the decision by Meta to release Llama 2 - a direct rival to ChatGPT - and make it open source for research and commercial use. What's in it for Meta? Meanwhile… Audio

Questions are being asked about privacy concerns and content moderation on the latest social media app - Threads.

The app, which was launched yesterday, is run by Instagram and is set to compete with… Audio

Technology journalist Peter Griffin is along to talk about how China has gained the edge in key technologies and how a central part of the AUKUS pact between Australia, the UK and US looks at how to… Audio

A long list of big names in global technology have signed an open letter calling for a pause in the development of artificial intelligence.

Figures like Elon Musk and Apple's co founder Steve Wosniak… Audio

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at what the Silicon Valley Bank collapse could mean for the capital-hungry tech industry, the mass layoffs announced by Meta and what the… Audio

Tech commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about how the developer of OpenAI has released a tool to try to determine if text has been created using artificial intelligence, largely in… Audio

Air New Zealand has announced it will now allow GPS baggage trackers to be used on its flights as the lost luggage crisis grows. Tech writer Peter Griffin spoke to Charlotte Cook about what kind of… Audio

MethaneSAT is the first New Zealand government funded space mission. A joint project between the United States' Environmental Defense Fund and New Zealand, the project will see a methane sensing… Audio

How can a methane-detecting satellite help us tackle our agricultural emissions and detect gas leaking from pipelines, wetlands, farms and crops across the world? Peter Griffin speaks to the project… Audio

Happy birthday to the humble text message. It's thirty years since the first Short Message Service (SMS) was sent to a mobile phone by an engineer in the UK. Technology correspondent Peter Griffin… Audio

The migration of users from Twitter since Elon Musk took charge could be an opportunity to reshape the social media landscape, according to tech commentators.

The billionaire's been turning the… Audio