AI policy under Trump: what it means for NZ

AI policy under Trump: what it means for NZ
Sarah Box, a digital policy specialist at MBIE. (Image: NZME)
Peter Griffin
In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, Sarah Box, a digital policy specialist at the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), shares insights from her three-month Harkness Fellowship in the United States examining artificial intelligence (AI) policy direction.Box observed a stark contrast between the approaches of the Trump and Biden administrations to AI as she visited the US during the 2024 presidential election. "The first Trump administration really did set down some basic policies that still are there...

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