11:07 am today

Tech: Govt's AI approach, Meta's $1.4b settlement

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am today
Facial recognition technology.

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Technology correspondent Peter Griffin talks about this morning's Microsoft outage that left thousands of Kiwis unable to access their emails.

He also looks at the government plans to approach the expansion of AI. How does it compare with what other countries are doing?

Meta has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.4b to resolve a lawsuit over facial-recognition tech.

And how is AI affecting the bottom line of big tech companies?