Tāwhaki chief exec Linda Falwasser and BryceTech managing director Simon Potter join this week to talk about the big plans for an aerospace hub on the Kaitorete Spit in Canterbury, and how it can help rejuvenate the surrounding land and water.
We also speak to Brooke Lord from the NZ and Aus recruitment peak body RCSA about the sudden drop in tech job listings.
Our news topics include:
- Monopoly concerns over Microsoft acquiring Activision
- AI in Hollywood - actor strikes and Oppenheimer's warning
From our browers to yours, recommended reading from across the internet.
Mentioned in the episode
- The New Zealand Jobs Report, April – June 2023
- Tāwhaki website
- Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard - The Verge
- Actors vs. AI: Strike brings focus to emerging use of advanced tech - NBC News
- Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley - The Verge
From BusinessDesk
- Directors are already embracing AI in their businesses - Greg Hurrell
- Rocket-fishing now part of Rocket Lab’s business as usual, says Peter Beck - Ben Moore
- Local agtech company creates weed-hunting robot - Ben Moore
- NZ startup aims to slash global emissions from concrete - Oliver Lewis
- Rakon says telco dip temporary, but shareholders want belt tightened - Ben Moore
AI Corner
- Microsoft puts a steep price on Copilot, its AI-powered future of Office documents - The Verge
- What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved? - New Scientist
- Wix’s new tool can create entire websites from prompts - TechCrunch
- What Sarah Silverman's lawsuit against OpenAI and Meta really means - Venture Beat
- ChatGPT and Bard: How to use them for work, without spilling secrets - NZ Herald
- ‘It was as if my father were actually texting me’: grief in the age of AI - The Guardian
Business and politics
- School curriculums for technology, arts: New drafts under fire from teachers - NZ Herald
- Thanks to Threads, Meta just got bigger. Should we be concerned? - The Guardian
- Apple's new voice replicator can bypass bank voice authentication - RNZ
- Phictionary: the key methods phishing scammers use - Tech Blog
- Google Cloud seals all-of-government cloud deal in NZ - Reseller News
- The dirty little secret that could bring down Big Tech - BusinessInsider
Just for fun
