Satellite connectivity is increasingly the best option for backup communications in disasters, and two tech titans grapple with the implications AI pose to their businesses.

New Zealand’s technology sector, a rapidly expanding pillar of the national economy, is being held back by a complex web of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) that threaten its global competitiveness, says NZTech, the industry body representing over 2,500 members. 

It’s been a blockbuster week for New Zealand’s AI scene. Microsoft dropped a new report suggesting our economy could benefit to the tune of $76 billion a year by 2038 if we embrace generative AI at pace. 

Wellington software performance company Raygun last night launched Autohive, a spinoff business that has built infrastructure allowing small and medium-sized businesses to develop their own AI agents easily.

The narrative from tech companies that AI will mainly augment jobs is looking increasingly hollow as evidence grows that the case for implementing AI largely rests on cutting labour costs.

As an Aussie warship causes havoc for wireless internet providers, UK peers make a stand on copyright and AI, a major facial recognition trial proves its worth, and Wellington’s tech luminaries outline their ideas to revive the capital’s fortunes.