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3 September 2024 Internet Outage in some parts of Auckland
Vandalism behind widespread internet outage in Auckland https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526909/vandalism-behind-widespread-internet-outage-in-auckland 3 September 2024
If your internet service is down in the Auckland suburbs of Mangere Bridge and Onehunga, here's why https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129539/if-your-internet-service-down-auckland-suburbs-mangere-bridge-and-onehunga-heres 3rd Sep 24.
The screenshot is from https://www.chorus.co.nz/help/tools/internet-outages-map
Juha updated his interest.co.nz article at Sept 3 17:13.
Speculation in r/newzealand from "Copper services were also affected." in RNZ article that perhaps this was due to copper being stolen. However Juha's article has photo with caption "Chorus contractors splicing and repairing the damaged fibre optic cable under Mangere Bridge. "
IRD - taxpayers - privacy
IRD giving anonymised taxpayer details to social media platforms for ad campaigns
Inland Revenue giving thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for ad campaigns https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/527419/inland-revenue-giving-thousands-of-taxpayers-details-to-social-media-platforms-for-ad-campaigns 9 September 2024 "Inland Revenue is giving hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for marketing campaigns, using an anonymisation tool that top international regulators say is inadequate at protecting people's personal information."
IRD data sharing: Safety of anonymising detail to be examined https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527498/ird-data-sharing-safety-of-anonymising-detail-to-be-examined 9 September 2024
Making a hash of it: The lowdown on Inland Revenue and your data https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528064/making-a-hash-of-it-the-lowdown-on-inland-revenue-and-your-data 15 September 2024
Privacy complaint lodged over IRD's data-sharing with social media companies https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/528112/privacy-complaint-lodged-over-ird-s-data-sharing-with-social-media-companies 16 September 2024
Care is needed with data anonymisation https://privacy.org.nz/publications/statements-media-releases/care-is-needed-with-data-anonymisation/ 17 September 2024
Government to launch AI chatbot called Gov-GPT https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527680/government-to-launch-ai-chatbot-called-gov-gpt 11 September 2024
Government unlocking potential of AI https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-unlocking-potential-ai or https://beta1.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2409/S08580/government-unlocking-potential-of-ai.htm
Callaghan Innovation and Whāriki Māori Business Network develop GovGPT AI chatbot pilot project with Microsoft https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129681/callaghan-innovation-and-wh%C4%81riki-m%C4%81ori-business-network-develop-govgpt-ai-chatbot 11th Sep 24.
Government chatbot 'ringfenced' to specific websites https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527761/government-chatbot-ringfenced-to-specific-websites 12 September 2024
ACC trial of artificial intelligence sees boost in quality, speed of work https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528611/acc-trial-of-artificial-intelligence-sees-boost-in-quality-speed-of-work 21 September 2024 ACC using Microsoft's Copilot, a generative AI programme
NCSC / NZ cybersecurity
NZ officials silent on questions over Temu and cybersecurity https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/529903/nz-officials-silent-on-questions-over-temu-and-cybersecurity 5 October 2024
NZ Tech
Nelson AI Sandbox https://aisandbox.org.nz/ fb https://www.facebook.com/nelsonaisandbox/
AI Sandbox: A Community Hub for AI Education and Innovation https://uniquelynelson.nz/2024/03/26/ai-sandbox-a-community-hub-for-ai-education-and-innovation/
Self-driving boat on show in Nelson https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/528753/self-driving-boat-on-show-in-nelson 23 September 2024 Marine AI https://www.marineai.nz/
Kitmap NZ https://www.kitmap.govt.nz/
Kitmap resource platform launched, seeks to optimise use of Aotearoa New Zealand's scitech research infrastructure https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129837/kitmap-resource-platform-launched-seeks-optimise-use-aotearoa-new-zealands
Kitmap to improve access to science infrastructure https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/kitmap-improve-access-science-infrastructure or scoop https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2409/S00197/kitmap-to-improve-access-to-science-infrastructure.htm 20 September 2024
Kitmap: Supporting A Thriving Science, Innovation And Technology Sector by Calaghan Innovation https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2409/S00045/kitmap-supporting-a-thriving-science-innovation-and-technology-sector.htm
Serving robots
2019 Robots in China -
Perhaps call them room service or concierge robots
17 March 2019 Food delivery robot for a building. Michelle Dickinson with vid of robot delivering food to her hotel room in Guangzhou, China https://www.facebook.com/michelle.dickinson/videos/10161824784395495/ Cycle delivery courier put food into the robot when they arrived at the building. Robot takes it up to the room. 20 November 2019 Anna Fifield - twitter video https://x.com/annafifield/status/1196952444640661504 "I called for more coffee pods in my Shanghai hotel room and this is how they came to me"
2022
Robots cooking and preparing meals. scmp fb video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3171988979725238 recorded in Shanghai, China in December 2021. posted on 22 February 2022
New Zealand:
27 November 2019 fb video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2619567201466268 The earliest I've seen so far of a robot waiter in NZ. 108 Tastes, a chinese restaurant at 100 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland.
According to 2 comments made in the 1 Jan 2022 reddit post, Miracle Asian restaurant in Nelson has a robot waiter too. Looked it up on fb and found this 2 Oct 2021 vid announcing its presence https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1534967213519882 "Welcome to the newest member of our team! ✨”Mira Robot ✨our indoor Service Robot @ Miracle Asian Restaurant on 200 Hardy St,. Nelson. 🎉🎉 Come in and say hello 🤩🤩 "
What it does is allow one person to make one trip when multiple trips to ferry dishes to the table. A more recent clip shows it delivering a sundae while playing Happy Birthday song.
Cha Cha robot at Chai Yo restaurant in Nelson on 26 September 2021 https://www.facebook.com/chaiyorestaurantrichmond/posts/1829016750637343
About on their website shows both Miracle and Chai yo owned by same couple.
Stuff article on Dec 12 2021 - Bamboo Garden, Blenheim: Inside the Kiwi restaurant with a robot waiter https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/marlborough/300475264/bamboo-garden-blenheim-inside-the-kiwi-restaurant-with-a-robot-waiter
Same sort of robot as the 2 in Nelson (Well one nelson and one Richmond, Nelson) So someone (business or person) has brought in a few of these and selling or leasing them out?
Cobb & Co Rotorua 1 Jan 2022 reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/rt7oxf/cobb_and_co_rotorua_has_a_robot/
"He found it for sale in China a month ago, spent $25,000 on it and it was installed two weeks ago. A team of people came to help map out the restaurant, so the bot knows which table is where. It works like this: waiters simply place food on it, then enter the table number it’s going to. Batteries last most of the day. It’s never dropped anything. No one’s tried to steal it. Yet."
Piece by Seven Sharp on TV1 on the Cobb and Co bots on 11 May 2022 Cobb & Co Rotorua add robots to the staff roster https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/11/cobb-co-rotorua-add-robots-to-the-staff-roster/
Bella-bots cost $26,000 each. "… a Facebook ad caught his attention…"
I still think they need cloches to cover the food especially with the attention the bots were getting from kids etc.
‘No hassles, no sickies, this is the future’: Can robots solve the restaurant crisis? https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/28-02-2022/no-hassles-no-sickies-this-is-the-future-can-robots-solve-the-restaurant-crisis February 28, 2022
esafety and X/twitter
X fails to avoid Australia child safety fine by arguing Twitter doesn’t exist https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/x-loses-appeal-of-400k-australia-child-safety-fine-now-faces-more-fines/ 4 October 2024. Australian Federal Court Judgement released yesterday 4 October 2024. X Corp v eSafety Commissioner [2024] FCA 1159
eSafety Commissioner statement (includes a link to the judgement) https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/esafety-statement-federal-court-judgment or https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2024/2024fca1159
X Corp loses court challenge over fine for child abuse material notice allegedly on Twitter https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/x-corp-loses-court-challenge-over-child-abuse-notice/104434580 AAP / ABC (Aust). 4 October 2024
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