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Fake AI video tool causes concern
A breakthrough AI tool that can make fake videos has experts worried about a new generation of misinformation. Felix Walton reports. Audio
New AI video tech: 'It brings a lot of things into question'
A breakthrough AI tool that can make fake videos has experts worried about a new generation of misinformation.
Winner of AI art competition disqualified after revealing his photo was real
Miles Astray is a writer and photographer who entered his photo of a pink flamingo, which appears to have lost its head and neck, into the AI category of the 1839 Awards, a prestigious international… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - Plaintive plane complaints
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about an emerging media consensus over our malfunctioning Defence Force aircraft, how rude words slipped though in music on… Audio
The Panel with Simon Pound and Anna Dean (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Simon Pound & Anna dean discuss the possible removal of the Accommodation Supplement, The Sopranos and Conservation Voulenteers New Zealand. Simon… Audio
Peter Zeihan: Why China’s days are numbered
Geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan tells Guyon what New Zealand needs to do right now if it wants to survive the end of globalisation, why China's days are numbered, and who's going to win the US… Video, Audio
The benefits of mixing agriculture and solar power - as Selwyn site gets consent
A solar and battery power station to be built on farmland in Selwyn has been given planning consent. Audio
Upgrade on the way for Digital Child Exploitation Filter
A campaigner for better filters to block online content containing child sexual abuse material is happy at least some change is on the way. Holly Brooker - who presented a petition with more than… Audio
Octiron on Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Kate Andrew tackles Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books in this episode, with a particular focus on the Octiron, the element of magic which makes up the disc's hub. Audio
Car insurance premiums are on the rise: What may lie ahead
Could the United States approach where insurers use car computer data to help set premiums come to NZ? Audio
WFH surveillance vs privacy rights
Companies have the right to monitor employees to ensure productivity, an Auckland uni lecturer says. Audio
Consumer NZ calls on govt to introduce repairability labels
Some manufacturers actively discourage fixing electronics over replacing them and a right to repair law could help curb the throw away mentality according to a fix it expert, Alan Liefting the… Audio
Delay for Far North's first fixed speed camera
The Far North's first fixed speed camera was set to go live today - but it has been vandalised, potentially with a pick axe. Deputy mayor Kelly Stratford spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Alarm over data sharing in Migration 5 group
Lawyers, academics and civil rights campaigners are alarmed at the extent of the data-sharing and transnational networks found in an RNZ investigation of Migration 5. Gill Bonnett reports. Gill… Audio
Oranga Tamariki analysts have unnecessary access to personal details
Dozens of analysts at Oranga Tamariki have access to personal details about at-risk children, which they should not have.
Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general
The US surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those on cigarette boxes.
The best TV shows of the year so far
Have you survived the seven episodes of Baby Reindeer? Wept through One Day? Expert in what to watch Perlina Lau shares her picks of the box so far.
Why so many young people don't answer the phone
'Telephonophobia' - a "fear of making or taking phone calls" - is taking hold among many young people, a digital wellbeing expert says. Audio
The Panel with James Elliott and Jo McCarroll (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists James Elliott and Jo McCarroll discuss Australia's proposed youth social media ban, and the start of Schools Pride Week. James Elliott is a lawyer… Audio
Is telephonophobia a real thing?
If there's no caller ID displayed would you pick up that call? Auckland University of Technology digital wellbeing specialist Lena Waizenegger speaks to Lisa Owen about why people experience… Audio
