Technology correspondent Mahsa Mohaghegh looks at artificial intelligence use in natural language processing and how close it is to being sentient.
She'll also look at how safe pedestrians are from self-driving cars after a campaign group claimed the software was potentially lethal to children.
Cameras are being used to detect errant mobile users while driving and the first female-led hackathon is due to be held next month.
Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh is Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering - Computer and Mathematical Sciences and Director of Women in Technology at the Auckland University of Technology.
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