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Updated: 10 Jun 2026, 2:56 am

Apple tries again on AI, turns to Google for help

NZ Herald Technology

Apple’s new Siri AI will initially be unavailable in Europe and China.

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Agentic AI, robotics and real-world deployment

Tech New Zealand

Kia ora My favourite three robots in China? First I rode one, then I surfed one and finally someone put me on a robot horse. I certainly didn’t have ‘robot … Continue read...

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A blind man helped me see AI more clearly – Tech Insider

NZ Herald Technology

PLUS: Christchurch-made AI used at UN conference.

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May wrap + what’s next: Blueprint Refresh, AI and Creativity Summit highlights, and upcoming events

AI Forum NZ

May has been one of our busiest months ever, and it’s been a great reminder of how fast AI capability is moving across Aotearoa. We launched the AI Blueprint Refresh … Con...

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Learning to lead in a hybrid human-AI enterprise

MIT Technology Review AI

As adoption of AI agents looks set to surge by as much as 300% in the next two years, leadership teams are carefully considering the implications of a hybrid human-AI workforce....

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What Codex unlocks for Notion

OpenAI

How Notion uses Codex to one-shot specs, build AI Voice Input for the web, and multiply engineering power across small teams.

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Five things you need to know about AI

MIT Technology Review AI

At SXSW London last week I gave a talk called “Five things you need to know about AI,” in which I shared what I think are the biggest themes in AI right now. I pulled a few thin...

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Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

VentureBeat AI

Railway , a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 mil...

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Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

VentureBeat AI

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy c...

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A conversation with Kevin Scott: What’s next in AI

Microsoft AI Blog

The post A conversation with Kevin Scott: What’s next in AI appeared first on The AI Blog .

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From Hot Wheels to handling content: How brands are using Microsoft AI to be more productive and imaginative

Microsoft AI Blog

The post From Hot Wheels to handling content: How brands are using Microsoft AI to be more productive and imaginative appeared first on The AI Blog .

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AI Blueprint for Aotearoa: a refreshed vision to 2030

Tech New Zealand

Aotearoa New Zealand’s AI ecosystem is moving fast and the pace is accelerating. We’ve launched the AI Blueprint for Aotearoa (May 2026): a refreshed national programme of work ...

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