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  • AI is changing Māori culture

    AI is changing Māori culture

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    It’s a cultural norm for Māori to mihi or greet people with a ‘Kia ora’ or other salutation when in person and written communications, and over the recent years in online video. In the early 2000’s when email was  relatively new, many Māori would include several sentences to a paragraph of mihimihi in each email

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  • Māori and AI Book Chapter

    Māori and AI Book Chapter

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    I had the privilege to contribute a chapter about benefits to Māori in the book ” Ten perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: in a rapidly evolving technology landscape, we need a strategic and ethical approach to AI in Aotearoa. Published April 2025 by the Public Service Association (PSA). I explore how Māori have the unique opportunity to

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  • Risks of AI Action Figure Trend

    Risks of AI Action Figure Trend

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    The AI action figure trend, where users generate personalised or stylised figures using AI tools (like custom avatars, toy-like images, or even physical 3D printed models based on AI renderings) carries several risks, particularly around privacy, ethics, cultural appropriation, and deepfake potential. From a Māori perspective, the AI action figure trend presents serious risks associated

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  • Intro to Facial Recognition bias

    Intro to Facial Recognition bias

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Now, more than ever, it is important to learn the basics of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) bias and the impacts on Māori communities. Recent developments include: New Zealand considering Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) for retail stores with an advisory panel of no Māori, AI drones for the military, government agencies and employment recruiters are using

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  • NZ AI Productivity Report and Māori

    NZ AI Productivity Report and Māori

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AI Forum) Te Kāhui Atamai Iahiko o Aotearoa, a purpose-driven, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) funded by members, released their second edition of it’s biannual “AI in Action report Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on New Zealand’s Productivity ” which also for the first time introduced a Te Ao

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  • AI Principles in Aotearoa NZ

    AI Principles in Aotearoa NZ

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    AI principles guide the ethical development and deployment of AI systems by companies and other organisations, while AI disclaimers are statements that acknowledge AI-generated content or outcomes – see my previous post for more details. There is an international best practice benchmark set by the OECD which is widely accepted and adapted by many countries.

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  • Reo Māori in Russian disinformation network

    Reo Māori in Russian disinformation network

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    In 2014, I wrote how Google Translate brought te reo Māori into the new digital world with Spam and Phishing, etc. Now Artificial Intelligence (AI) is using te reo Māori in many new ways, including by the Russian backed Pravda group to provide news/disinformation to New Zealanders. Artificial Intelligence is deploying te reo Māori in

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  • Monthly Te Ao Māori AI Webinars

    Monthly Te Ao Māori AI Webinars

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    I am now offering free webinars from a Te Ao Māori perspective to assist Māori communities and those who interact with Māori communities and AI to better understand the risks and benefits of AI, and to attempt to myth bust some of the many incorrect rumours and fears in the communities, particularly in te ao

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  • AI Disclaimers

    AI Disclaimers

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    If your business or web site uses AI, whether for content creation (emails, newsletters, web site) or customer service chatbots, you may want to consider publishing an AI disclaimer to alleviate the fears for your New Zealand customers. In addition, if you use Mātauranga Māori/Māori Data, you should also include this in your disclaimers either

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  • NZ Government Facial Recognition Technology

    NZ Government Facial Recognition Technology

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    We use our image of our face as a modern-day password for many things including mobile banking, unlocking our phones, X (formerly Twitter), Firefox Klar and an ever-increasing number of other online services. For law enforcement agencies and retail security, Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) systems are used to decide many factors including who becomes a suspect

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  • 3G mobile coverage in NZ to be cut

    3G mobile coverage in NZ to be cut

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    All three New Zealand mobile network operators – 2degrees, One NZ and Spark will be shutting down their 3G cell phone coverage later this year. For those of us with tech privilege, who have no digital inequity, we will enjoy further benefits of more capacity in the spectrum.  This will create new technologies, new opportunities

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  • NZ Government Release AI Framework

    NZ Government Release AI Framework

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    The New Zealand Government this week this week (January 29, 2025) released its first non binding AI Framework for the public sector with ethics, human and Indigenous Peoples considerations. View the Public Service AI Framework or downloadable pdf here). The Aotearoa New Zealand government Cabinet has agreed to a light-touch, proportionate and risk-based approach to

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  • DeepSeek versus ChatGPT for Māori

    DeepSeek versus ChatGPT for Māori

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    The introduction of the Chinese AI DeepSeek has been a popular media topic this week. Some of the topics include how much faster it is and how much cheaper it is to run. Concerns about how high-end computer chips were obtained by the Chinese company despite a trade ban on their expert to China from

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  • Financial considerations for Māori and NZ Data Sovereignty

    Financial considerations for Māori and NZ Data Sovereignty

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    According to this article the uncertainty with the foreign exchange and the $NZ loosing to the $USA, cloud computing has increased by 14% since September 2024. In addition to the international uncertainly with global events and the need to maintain security and budgets are all creating risks for New Zealand businesses that use cloud computing.

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  • Data Leakage and AI Usage Policy

    Data Leakage and AI Usage Policy

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Leaking of sensitive corporate and government data via Generative AI such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity is an ongoing risk with many New Zealand companies and the New Zealand government who lack Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills such as AI governance and AI Security. All data that is inputted into an AI models will

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  • Treaty Principals Bill Scaremongering

    Treaty Principals Bill Scaremongering

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Misleading journalism about the Treaty Principals Bill web site being attacked could lead to similar actions of accusations of interference in the election when Donald Trump lost his second campaign. This lead to his supporters defending their views of political interference which resulted in civil unrest. RNZ, while usually a reputable and balanced New Zealand

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  • You don’t have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increase

    You don’t have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increase

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    If you are using Microsoft Office products (most people still do) and not other free and sovereign options you likely received or will another annual increase in subscription fees by 40% this year, in addition to last years similar price rise. ConsumerNZ have a great article exposing that this price increase is actually because your

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  • AI Plagiarism of Māori Data and Storage

    AI Plagiarism of Māori Data and Storage

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    It is a well documented fact in New Zealand and all over the world, that Artificial Intelligence and in particular Large Language Learning Models (LLMs) have been used for student plagiarism in schools, training institutes and universities. Not so well documented are the false notifications that result in innocent students being accused of cheating and

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