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Can Body-Worn Cameras Work In Australia And New Zealand? Lessons From Milestone’s Denmark Survey
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:04:34 +1200 | PR Deadlines
With its clear mandate for police use, political nuances, and nuanced public trust, Denmark's insights provide valuable considerations for Australia and New Zealand. More >>
Auckland Rat Lovers Unite!
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:26:55 +1200 | NZ Anti-Vivisection Society
On World Day for Animals in Labs, NZAVS is launching a new program to rehome rats bred or used for science with the University of Auckland. More >>
NZ Researchers Drive Work On International AI Framework
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:53:56 +1200 | University of Auckland
Two New Zealand researchers are leading the charge for an international policy guide and framework to evaluate AI and other new technologies. More >>
Facing The Future: The Use Of Biometric Tech
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:26:00 +1200 | Hugh Grant
New Zealand is far from unique in deploying biometric tools to solve major social challenges. As the technology has matured and improved in recent years, facial recognition has been increasingly deployed to take advantage of the increased speed, safety, ...More >>
General Assembly Adopts Landmark Resolution On Artificial Intelligence
Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:09:28 +1300 | UN News
It represents the first time the Assembly has adopted a resolution on regulating the emerging field. More >>
Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:57:20 +1300 | Richard Heinberg
Those advocating for artificial intelligence tout the huge benefits of using this technology. For instance, an article in CNN points out how AI is helping Princeton scientists solve “a key problem” with fusion energy . AI that can translate text ...More >>
Want To Make Your AI Content Undetectable? There’s An App For That
Sat, 9 Mar 2024 14:26:11 +1300 | Hugh Grant
Undetectable.ai sounds ominous when you first hear it. The new dangerously powerful app which just released last year, lets users remove any and all traces of AI from AI-generated text. Article Key Points Key Point Description Undetectable AI A new ...More >>
EPA Says ‘null Segregants’ Aren’t GMOs – Expert Reaction
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:01:48 +1300 | Science Media Centre
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has just clarified that certain organisms, known as null segregants, are not considered genetically modified organisms. Null segregants are the offspring of genetically modified organisms, but do not contain ...More >>
Liberalisation Of Genetic Engineering Threatens The Environment, Farmers And New Zealand
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:21:27 +1300 | GE Free NZ
The coalition governments’ move to loosen biotechnology (GE) regulation is set to let down farmers and consumers and put New Zealand's export reputation at risk. New Zealand's strict genetic engineering laws, under the Hazardous Substances and ...More >>
Liberalisation Of Genetic Engineering Threatens The Environment, Farmers And New Zealand
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:56:20 +1300 | GE Free NZ
The coalition governments’ move to loosen biotechnology (GE) regulation is set to let down farmers and consumers and put New Zealand's export reputation at risk. New Zealand's strict genetic engineering laws, under the Hazardous Substances and ...More >>
Rishi Sunak’s AI Pitch: The Bletchley Declaration
Sat, 4 Nov 2023 14:34:28 +1300 | Binoy Kampmark
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks as much a deep fake projection as a thin, superficial representation of reality. His robotic, risible awkwardness makes a previous occupant of his office, Theresa May, look soppily human in comparison. But at the ...More >>
Exporters Urged to Speak Up Over Risks of National's Biotechnology Policy
Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:03:41 +1300 | GE Free NZ
The National Party announced the policy early in the election proposing harmonisation of international policies. This would allow any new genetic technology (GE) product approved by two of the 38 member intergovernmental organisation, Organisation for ...More >>
AI Shows ‘Great Promise For Health’ But Regulation Is Key: WHO Chief
Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:01:17 +1300 | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued a call for better regulations over the use and potential mis-use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry. Its new publication emphasises the importance of establishing safe and ...More >>
No Such Thing As A “Normal” Body: New Report Explores How AI Biometrics Oppress People
Tue, 17 Oct 2023 05:32:45 +1300 | Access Now
From facial recognition to iris scanning, people’s biometric data is being collected each day and fed into artificial intelligence (AI) systems that influence how people live, and how they are treated by society. Bodily harms: mapping the risks of emerging ...More >>
The Crimes Of Medicine?
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:45:23 +1300 | Hemp Foundation
By Tadhg Stopford We are told that NZ needs more medicines for cancer and other diseases by Patient Voice Aotearoa, and they aren’t wrong. But they also miss the point. MedSafe (the regulator) seems captured. By whom, I do not know. But their ...More >>
Would A U.S. Free Trade Deal Force New Zealand To Adopt GE?
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:45:49 +1200 | GE Free NZ
Three political parties, National, ACT and TOP, have declared that if they win the election they will “end the ban on GE”. This would allow them to progress a U.S. Free Trade agreement signalled at the last election. It cannot, however, be negotiated ...More >>
New Risks From Proposed Changes To GE Laws
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:50:03 +1200 | GE Free NZ
The Ministry for the Environment is calling for submissions on changes to the laboratory use and importation of genetically engineered (GE) organisms. The consultation document proposes changes to how the HSNO Act regulates laboratory research of all new organisms ...More >>
Oppenheimer Paradox - Power Of Science & The Weakness Of Scientists
Tue, 8 Aug 2023 11:08:32 +1200 | Prabir Purkayastha
The new blockbuster film on Oppenheimer has brought back the memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It has raised complex questions on the nature of the society that permitted such bombs to be developed and used and the stockpiling ...More >>
Guterres Calls For AI ‘That Bridges Divides’, Rather Than Pushing Us Apart
Wed, 19 Jul 2023 07:36:29 +1200 | UN News
The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Tuesday, emphasizing the potential of artificial intelligence to accelerate human development while also cautioning against the malicious use of what is revolutionary ...More >>
UN Chief Says Regulation Needed For AI To ‘Benefit Everyone’
Fri, 7 Jul 2023 19:51:10 +1200 | UN News
The development of artificial intelligence, or AI, “for the good of all” requires guardrails grounded in human rights, transparency, and accountability, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday. He stressed that AI must benefit everyone, including ...More >>
