Ben and Peter talk to Spark CEO Jolie Hodson and NZIER principal economist Christina Leung about the recent research into how adopting more advanced digital tech can boost industry output by up to $26 billion, and increase GDP by 2.08% annually.
The guests unpack the report to explain what Kiwi businesses and government need to work on to realise these gains.
BusinessDesk senior journalist Cécile Meier also joins to answer questions about her reporting on Hira, the government's embattled project to revamp NZ's healthcare IT systems.
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Reading list
- Health IT project Hira reset after underspend and high staff turnover - BusinessDesk
- Parochialism stifling health IT innovation, official says - BusinessDesk
- NZ leaving billions on the table with lack of tech adoption - BusinessDesk
- Accelerating Aotearoa businesses one technology generation forward - Spark and NZIER.
- Spark’s first-half profit dips, but telco reaffirms full-year guidance - NZ Herald
- AI is exploding data centre energy use: A Google-created technique may help - Bloomberg
- Gemini, ChatGPT, and the other AI bots are out of control - The Verge
- Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey - Bloomberg
