AI
Kiwi's AI start-up aims to take gruntwork out of online tasks
Seven years on from Yang Fan Yun being NZ's top scholar he's now got an AI startup that has the backing of one the world's biggest AI companies. Audio
AI chatbot hatches murder scheme
What happens when a chat bot suggests you murder someone, specifically your father?Australian IT professional, Samuel McCarthy posed as teenage boy for a conversation with AI chatbot Nomi. He told the… Audio
When AI in the workplace goes wrong
A workplace performance expert warns that introducing artificial intelligence simply to replace people will backfire badly for companies. Audio
Can AI help with your personal finance?
Money expert Lisa Dudson joins Kathryn to look at how AI tools can help with your personal finance. Audio
Fugitive family & public interest, Te Pati Maori v MSM, AI news
After fugitive father Tom Phillips' violent death, media made judgements about the public interest, the interests of the children - and what interested the public. Also: Te Pati Maori seems to be… Audio
Using AI in health care
The next time you go to the doctor or for a specialist apppointment, you might find that AI has a role to play in your consultation. Audio
Australia looks to restrict AI chatbots
Australia correspondent Nicole Johnston spoke to Lisa Owen about the country's e-safety commissioner wanting to place restrictions on AI chatbots, ahead of the nationwide ban of social media for… Audio
Tech: AI Slop, Open AI sued over suicide linked to ChatGPT
Technology commentator Mark Pesce looks at how generative AI is creating more and more videos - but is it being almost weaponised and targeted against us? Audio
Experts send open letter to govt calling for better AI regulation
More than 20 AI experts have signed an open letter urging the government to better regulate the use of artificial intelligence here. Victoria University senior lecturer in AI Dr Andrew Lensen spoke to… Audio
Fake citations causing real-world damage
AI-hallucinated scientific research and legal precedents are making their way into academic papers and court cases, highlighting AI's real-world impact. Audio
Realizing AI can make us dumber. So what now?
Wall Street Journal tech reporter Sam Schechner says he first suspected artificial intelligence was eating his brain when he used ChatGPT to help write an email to his son's basketball coach. He lives… Audio
NZ musicians concerned about implications of AI
New Zealand's musicians are watching on with a mix of horror and wonder as artificial intelligence programmes create increasingly plausible songs ... often with just a few clicks of a button. Just… Audio
Tech: Legal means to fight deepfakes - do they work?
Technology correspondent Alex Sims joins Kathryn to talk about how different countries are going down legal routes to combat the rise in deepfakes - AI-generated images, videos and voices. Audio
Tech: What AI is doing to our brains
Technology commentator Mark Pesce looks at what studies are discovering about our brains as we use AI. Audio
Google rolls out its Gemini chatbot to Kiwi kids
Kiwi kids can now access Google's Gemini AI chatbot, now the company has made it available to the under-13s. Audio
OMG! Is it WW3?, AI telling us what we want to hear
It was hard for media all around the world to work out what happened in the Middle East. But claims that WW3 and global recession might be upon us here were rolled back within a day. Also: Chat GPT's… Audio
New technology with Mark Pesce
Mark delves into ChatGPT sycophancy, faking adhd tests with AI and artificial intelligence hallucinations affecting lawsuits. Audio
The Budget, vanguard v rearguard on AI, social media pushback
The media make a big deal of the Budget every year, even though the big money's already been announced. But what was in it for the media this year? Also: vanguard vs the rearguard on AI in the media… Audio
Dead c-word strategy & c-bomb fallout, AI in BBC news
Coverage of the outcry sparked by the sudden change to legislation for pay equity claims - and how one rude word in one newspaper column derailed the debate. Also - AI at the BBC: how the world's… Audio
Research, ethics, and Artificial Intelligence
When it comes to studying how bots affect human behaviour, there are other ways to do it than pretending to be one of those bots. Audio
