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  • Deep fake harms real scenario and new legislation

    Deep fake harms real scenario and new legislation

    Too often in New Zealand, AI safety folk (who usually have a high level of privilege or are detached from vulnerable communities), will reference international AI stories highlighting harms while being oblivious to local harm stories. This is important from the perspective that New Zealand is not immune from AI harms and it helps politicians…

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  • Tikanga AI images of a person

    Tikanga AI images of a person

    A New Zealand model Elijah Timmins-Scanlon alleges streetwear brand Huffer is generating models with AI, using the likeness of models from previous Huffer campaigns, without disclosure. Shockingly, On 6 June, Huffer wrote to him demanding he “immediately remove, or amend” posts it claimed may breach the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015  and asserted a right…

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  • Māori Data Sovereignty and the Fragility of Borrowed AI

    Māori Data Sovereignty and the Fragility of Borrowed AI

    Anthropic the company behind the Claude AI received with no warning or explanation, a directive directing them to immediately suspend access to their Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals in America and all non-Americans on the planet, . This included New Zealand who had access for several days prior. “Fable 5…

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  • Human Oversight in Automated Decision Making

    Human Oversight in Automated Decision Making

    The New Zealand media continue to report on AI harms from a western, academic, middle-class perspective while continuing to make invisible communities silent and ignored. This is a te ao Māori perspective of the recent MSD automated Decision Making law that was passed, delving deep into community harms for Māori. I have spent years documenting…

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