New Zealand's official use of AI algorithms in government has been in the spotlight in recent years. We recommend New Zealand establish a new independent…

Artificial Intelligence is now mainstream, fuelling more and more aspects of business and day-to-day life but how can data-driven innovation be brought to life and…

It’s common to frame discussions of societal transitions by focusing on the new skills that become essential. But instead of looking at what we’re learning,…

Data61 is pleased as punch to be presented as a world-leading example of how a public body can contribute to national "digital innovation" through a new…

Peter Shergold recently gave public servants a rev-up over the need to actually deliver on innovation instead of just talking about it, but there’s a…

Senior public servants fuel cynicism among citizens and staff if their ambitious rhetoric about innovative new approaches does not achieve the promised outcomes, warns government…

Today's disrupted and disrupting environment presents challenges and opportunities that have government, industry, enterprise and education grappling to strategically re-orientate for a volatile, uncertain, complex,…

There are initiatives to encourage the government to mandate more startups, but there’s still a “really strong barrier to entry”, says open-source intelligence startup WorldStack.

The changing parameters of opportunity and risk from the emerging AI revolution run much deeper than might be generally supposed, say Professor Anthony Elliott and Julie…

As the Australian population grows and centralises, the needs of urbanised areas evolve and expand. Technology is key to creating the smart cities that will…

Recognising the ethical issues around digital transformation and allowing ethics to shape the design process is a key challenge, and will be for the next…

Every process and object can potentially be connected, captured and analysed. Using these insights, smart governments will have unprecedented ability to make intelligent, informed decisions…

For government, being able to streamline or automate high frequency, low risk decisions is at a critical stage. Faced with a flood of information, government…

The Department of Human Services has opened a new centre of excellence to work on the next generation of digital assistants to support service delivery.