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‘Polyanna policy’ – is NZ’s framework for AI use in government overly optimistic?

  • Written by: Deborah Te Kawa, PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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The New Yorker magazine’s recently published investigation into OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman posed a loaded question: can the people building this powerful technology actually be trusted?

The report described a system where commercial incentives drive behaviour and oversight is treated as a nuisance. In Aotearoa New Zealand,...

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