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Digital Infrastructure, Identity & Sovereignty with Engie Matene

In our final Fireside Chat of 2024, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Engie Martine, a powerhouse in Māori tech, digital identity, and community-led digital infrastructure. Engie’s career spans software development, digital identity, and Indigenous tech sovereignty, with a deep commitment to ensuring data and technology serve the people who need it most.

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NZ is encouraging the use of AI – but it’s largely outsourcing the risks and societal costs

As investment in generative AI continues to grow globally, New Zealand’s government has been implementing its use across the public sector and businesses to embrace the technology’s potential. But the environmental, social and governance risks and costs of AI remain under-investigated.

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