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AI
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Four PhDs, four big questions, three minutes each
11 June 2026
Four Business School PhD candidates distilled years of research into three-minute presentations.
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Is OpenAI putting profit over public safety?
8 June 2026
Analysis: A growing number of cases against OpenAI and other tech giants investigate harms their products are alleged to have caused. Alexandra Andhov discusses.
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Musk loses case but OpenAI questions remain
25 May 2026
Analysis: Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unanswered.
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AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?
13 May 2026
Opinion: The benefits can be uncertain for countries hosting data centres, writes PhD student Angus Dowell.
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Exploring AI’s potential to improve access to justice
8 May 2026
Law and commerce graduate Jemma Barber explored how AI tools might help workers who can’t afford legal representation.
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OpenAI's evolution examined amid Musk lawsuit
6 May 2026
OpenAI’s original purpose has been ‘hollowed out', researchers argue.
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Cybersecurity and privacy in the age of AI agents
5 May 2026
As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday tools, a new kind of risk is emerging.
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Building AI that really understands human speech
5 May 2026
University of Auckland alumnus Alexei Dunayev is helping shape the future of voice-based artificial intelligence, making technology more accessible, natural and useful.
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Reading emotions from brain sensors: one step closer
4 May 2026
Computers that can detect and even respond to human emotions may seem like the stuff of science fiction. But the potential, especially in mental health care, is enormous.
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Big tech: too big to fail?
22 April 2026
Professor Alexandra Andhov’s inaugural lecture dove into the existential challenge of big tech’s influence on democratic governance.
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We’re not actively choosing an AI future, we’re just clicking accept
22 April 2026
Commentary: The agency many of us fear losing in the future is often already traded incrementally in the systems we accept today.
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Tech founders back next generation of entrepreneurs
20 April 2026
A $30,000 gift from two former students will support innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Auckland.