AI Developments

KPMG Australia: 'Responsible AI' Is Now a Competitive Weapon — and 87% of Firms Are Not Ready

87% of Australian businesses lack responsible AI governance while rushing to deploy productivity tools. KPMG warns the productivity gains will be eaten by regulatory risk if firms don't fix the basics.

Daily Technology & People — May 8, 2026

Legal personhood arrives, universities adapt, and the liability gap creates new risks for AI developers

Singapore Wrote the World's First Rulebook for AI Agents — While Everyone Else Is Still Debating

Singapore beat the world to regulating autonomous AI agents. Its framework is live, practical, and already affecting NZ businesses operating in Asia.

Vietnam's AI Law Is Live — With Penalties That Make the EU Look Lenient

Vietnam now has the most aggressive AI enforcement regime in Southeast Asia. If you sell AI into Vietnam, you're already subject to rules you probably haven't read.

Technology & People — May 7, 2026

How AI is reshaping work, society, and who gets left behind

Australian Banks Told to Lift AI Risk Game — APRA Demands 'Step-Change' in Governance

Australia's prudential regulator just demanded banks get serious about AI risk. NZ has no equivalent — even as billions pour into AI infrastructure here.

"Under a Cloud": Australian Communities Fight Back Against AI Datacentre Invasion

Melbourne residents live in the shadow of 'Australia's largest hyperscale AI factory' — 225MW, 100 diesel generators, and zero cumulative environmental assessment. The datacentre backlash is here.

IBM Think 2026: The AI Operating Model Is Here — And Most Companies Aren't Ready for It

Arvind Krishna's message was blunt: the companies winning with AI aren't deploying more of it — they're redesigning how they operate.

NZ's AI Data Centre Boom: Who Actually Benefits From the Build-Out?

AI Is Great at Normal Science. Breakthroughs? That's Still on Us.

AI can optimise everything within the existing paradigm. It can't invent the next one.

Google Chrome Is Quietly Installing a 4GB AI Model on Your Computer — And It Keeps Coming Back When You Delete It

4GB. No consent. Billions of devices. Google's 'Help me write' just cost the planet a lot more than you think.

Your Boss's AI Thinks You're Not Smiling Enough — And It's Getting It Wrong

AI that reads your face to decide if you're happy enough at work is spreading from call centres to white-collar offices. Hundreds of studies say it can't accurately read emotions. Companies are buying it anyway.