Aotearoa needs a powerful response to the rapid pace of change in artificial intelligence (AI). Read more from Nick Agar and Albert Bifet to see what they have to say about AI in Aotearoa.
I take my hat off to PwC Wellington and Auckland for appreciating the value of data and being bold enough to try new ways to help others learn about it.
In April 2010, WCC began licensing and releasing geospatial data for re-use. This includes aerial photos, historic maps, boundaries, contour lines, building footprints, utility networks, hazard information and locations of WCC facilities.
Police are developing a suite of activities to ensure any emerging technologies, such as Facial Recognition Technology, are well understood, publicly accepted, and if need be, regulated. It is also critical that any impacts of technology are understood from a Te Ao Māori perspective.
Data driven technology seems to unlock opportunities. Yet it poses new types of risks, from bias and transparency challenges to issues of consent and data sovereignty.
A summary of the responses Stats NZ received during the public consultation on the draft algorithm charter.
This is the first report-back and review of the Open Data Implementation Plan launched in March 2018 to support joining the International Open Data Charter.
While the Centre doesn’t provide ethics training courses, there are several data ethics courses targeting various analytical functions.
Register for a free public lecture by international algorithm ethics expert Lorena Jaume-Palasi (5 December, Auckland), co-sponsored by Stats NZ and AUT's Centre for Social Data Analytics.
The minutes for each meeting of the Data Ethics Advisory Group, grouped by date, are summarised here.
23 November 2023
2 October 2023
22 August 2023
21 June 2023
23 May…