Wellington - Hillmaré Schulze has been appointed the new chief economist at leading New Zealand research company Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL). Dr Ganesh Nana, the previous chief economist, is starting a newly created position of research director at BERL. His role will reinforce their focus on building the research capacity
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Chatbot or digital humans part of daily life in NZ
Wellington - More New Zealanders every day are becoming used to chatbots or digital employees who serve customer requests which saves companies money. The AI Forum of New Zealand’s recent research report says chatbots are increasingly being used in New Zealand to resolve any queries or issues. Support chatbots are often used to
Tech will soon reduce deaths from breast cancer
Wellington - More than 600 women die from breast cancer each year in New Zealand. With an AI augmented screening programme, many of these deaths might be preventable according to the AI Forum of New Zealand’s latest research report. The programme could pay for itself, given that the cost of breast cancer
Avatar and Tintin creator named first Maori Asia Society leader
Hamilton - A talented Kiwi animated movie creator involved in Avatar and Tintin, Nikora Ngaropo, has just been named the first Maori person to be awarded the Asia Society’s leaders programme. Ngaropo has been inducted into the network of highly influential leaders across the Asia-Pacific region. The society has its headquarters in
Fintech helping NZ to becoming a global digital nation
Auckland - New Zealand is becoming more and more a digital nation and Kiwis expect transactions to be seamless and painless, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Fintech is the fastest growing part of the tech sector, with new contactless payment about to make a dramatic change to transactions in New Zealand,
10,000 Kiwis diagnosed with Parkinson’s must get more active
Christchurch - Exercise NZ says many of the 10,000 New Zealanders who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s need to get more active. Richard Beddie, chief executive of Exercise NZ, says one in every 500 Kiwis suffers from Parkinson’s and regular activity will help them. Parkinson’s New Zealand starts its annual awareness week
AI about to speed up hospital processes – big time
Wellington - The days of hospital specialists spending more time treating patients and less time processing referrals may soon be over. The AI Forum of New Zealand’s recent health research report says tens of millions of dollars are being spent to come up with an artificial intelligence system to speed up processes
AI is the 21st century’s number 8 wire
Christchurch - AI is the 21st century’s number 8 wire for Kiwi agriculture, an artificial intelligence research report released today says. The new AI Forum of New Zealand report AI for Agriculture / Ahuwhenua i te Atamai Iahiko launched in Christchurch last night examines the New Zealand and international AI industry