Our AI problem: You won’t trust it if you don’t understand it

Our AI problem: You won’t trust it if you don’t understand it
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Peter Griffin
A striking trend emerges when you read the latest massive global survey on artificial intelligence from consulting firm KPMG and the University of Melbourne.Most of the tables featured in Trust, Attitudes, and Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Global Study 2025, which includes results from around 48,000 survey respondents across 47 countries, show New Zealand trailing at the bottom. According to the research, we are dragging the chain on our use of AI, and rank third to last regarding our trust in AI. We trail the pack in our experience us...

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