Ryan Bridge: The terrifying news about Mythos AI

You heard the news about this AI hacking beast called Mythos?

It's a bit scary to be honest. And what's reported to have happened with it in the last seven hours is even scarier.

Bob Edlin: A fear that tikanga was missing from the internet....

A fear that tikanga was missing from the internet makes way for a fear that Maori are being left out of IT developments

Something called Kauwaka Te Ipurangi – the inaugural national Māori Internet hui – has been giving our indigenous people the opportunity to grapple with information technology.

One News reports:

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 14/10/24

Polls dip for Nats but govt sticks to its guns on growth – and the restoration of “mauri” (but how is it measured?) plays a part

The phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid” was coined by James Carville, a strategist involved in Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential election campaign against George H W Bush.

It worked for Clinton, whose team used it successfully to unseat Bush the elder, despite the fact that 90 per cent of the country approved of the job that the incumbent had been doing just a year before the election.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 8/10/24

Reti is among ministers who are spending our money (but his injection for Palmerston North hospital is well below $3bn)

The Government has been in bad odour, down south, after Health Minister Shane Reti and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop announced advice is being sought on two options “for delivering the New Dunedin Hospital project within its existing funding appropriation to ensure the people of Dunedin get the modern, fit-for-purpose medical facilities they need”.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 26/7/23

James Shaw steps in to put things right with the Emissions Trading Scheme (and add a tad to household costs)

The public will be paying as consumers for one policy initiative announced yesterday. They will pay as taxpayers for three other initiatives.

The first announcement was made by Climate Change Minister James Shaw under a bland headline, Emissions Trading Scheme settings updated.