Artificial Intelligence

It's been called a revolution as big as electricity or the motorcar - artificial intelligence is changing the creation of music.  Audio

Sociologist Allison Pugh says human interactions matter greatly, giving dignity and a sense of purpose to people. We need to feel that we're seen - and to see the other person. Her new book details… Audio

Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it’s also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has… Audio

In the final instalment of the summer science series, science communication students tackle two controversial topics: medicinal cannabis, and AI consciousness. Audio

This year's Technology Investment Network's TIN200 companies report indicates the top 200 tech sector companies generated more than 17-billion in revenue in the year to June - an increase of 1-point-8… Audio

We know artificial intelligence is moving forward in leaps and bounds, making a lot of people quite nervous for the future. There's a lot of A.I innovations happening right here in New Zealand. Emre… Audio

New Zealand's biggest publisher of news this week joined big global names in blocking Open AI from using its content to power generative artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. Stuff says it is being… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

The emergence of AI will inevitably change creative industries, but is yet to really impress, according to a new survey. AUT researchers asked five New Zealand-based advertising agencies to consider… Audio

National's AI-generated attack ads are just the tip of the iceberg. Could AI turn this election upside down? Audio

"The False Promise of ChatGPT" was the headline of a recent New York Times op-ed, penned by three leading thinkers in the field of artificial intelligence. Kathryn speaks to one of the authors, Dr… Audio

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

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

Artificial intelligence continues to seep into our daily lives, but what are the ethical implications of it? Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

Major parts of our daily lives are controlled by artificial intelligence. What if it turns against us? Audio