University of Auckland researcher Dr. Theo Portlock proposes training AI on gut microbiome data from discarded FIT test residuals to detect bowel cancer earlier, targeting 90% accuracy. The approach a…
New Zealand police restarted a generative-AI transcription trial using OpenAI's Whisper model after officers breached restrictions during an initial six-month trial, prompting a halt in March 2024. Th…
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are producing near-identical ads for local businesses and school fairs in New Zealand, sharing similar fonts, layouts, and generic imagery, according to RNZ. ChatGPT p…
New Zealand's National Cyber Security Centre has been granted direct access to Anthropic's Claude Mythos, a frontier AI model capable of finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities with minimal hu…
New Zealand’s Parliament passed the Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill under urgency on Friday, authorizing the Ministry of Social Development to use automated electronic systems for welfa…
New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown announced the government has begun procurement and testing of an artificial intelligence tool to assist in reading breast screening mammograms, with a planned …