NZ’s new AI strategy is long on ‘economic opportunity’ but short on managing ethical and social risk
- Written by Andrew Lensen, Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The government’s newly unveiled National AI Strategy is all about what its title says: “Investing with Confidence”. It tells businesses that Aotearoa New Zealand is open for AI use, and that our “light touch” approach won’t get in their way.
The question now is whether the claims made for AI by...