What exactly is sovereign AI and why would we want it?
Machine learning and artificial intelligence expert Kiarie Ndegwa has been in the trenches with the tech for a decade, including working on Te Hiku Media's bilingual te reo Māori/NZ English transcription tool.
Ndegwa shares his perspective on what it means to truly own AI and data, and dips into the technical details to debunk claims that only Big Tech can deliver the goods to power AI.
Plus, the government's promise to open up genetic tech soon, US and China IT cold war continues, and the steps NZ's telcos are taking towards modernisation.
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Reading list
As featured on the podcast
- Preserving indigeous languages with AI – Tech Wire Asia
- Māori Speech AI Model Helps Preserve and Promote New Zealand Indigenous Language – Nvidia (press release)
- VIbrant Planet – company website
News wrap
- One NZ scales up AI investment, eyes new fibre co – Reseller News
- 2degrees changes up tech execs as CTO departs – BusinessDesk
- New genetic engineering law expected by end of next year: Judith Collins – BusinessDesk
- TikTok crackdown shifts into overdrive with sale or shutdown on table – BusinessDesk
- China intensifies push to ‘delete America’ from its technology – WSJ
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