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  • Risks of AI Agents to Māori

    Risks of AI Agents to Māori

    AI Agents are to Māori what Captain Cook and his Endeavour Ship and crew were. If Māori understood the challenges and intergenerational colonisation they were capable of, the historical outcomes would be very different. Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents are rapidly becoming autonomous actors within social, economic, and governmental systems. For Māori, these agents introduce new…

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  • Loss of mātauranga to AI

    Loss of mātauranga to AI

    Using paid AI subscription models to create AI reo and mātauranga models carries risks of cultural appropriation and ownership issues. Māori have always been quick to adopt and adapt to new technologies, with much of our traditional knowledge only now being recognised for its innovation in many of today’s fields of sciences. With the introduction…

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  • AI and Pepeha

    AI and Pepeha

    After generations of successful assimilation of Māori culture by governments including Native Schools, Tohunga Suppression Act, The Hunn Report, etc, many Māori were left without knowing their identity. There has been an increasing trend for those Māori individuals to reclaim back that knowledge. For many people, they are disconnected from their families and communities, so…

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  • NZ and Australia companies prioritise Data Sovereignty

    NZ and Australia companies prioritise Data Sovereignty

    The Datacom 2025 ANZ Cloud and Infrastructure Report reveals a marked escalation in concerns surrounding data sovereignty among organisations across Australia and New Zealand. These concerns are primarily driven by security, regulatory compliance, and the rapidly intensifying computational demands of artificial intelligence (AI). 61% of respondents in New Zealand and 60% of respondents in Australia…

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  • Meta Algorithms discriminate NZ businesses

    Meta Algorithms discriminate NZ businesses

    Recently, RNZ identified more than 30 New Zealanders, including a number of small businesses who have had their Facebook or Instagram accounts suspended after being accused of violating Meta’s community standards. Most concerningly, the suspensions were linked to allegations of sharing child exploitation or sexual content with some of the most serious violations possible on…

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