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The case for NZ front-footing big tech and AI regulation

ANALYSIS: A tech, law and government conference has brought the crucial choices New Zealand faces into stark light, as Microsoft’s CEO visits this week.

WATCH: NBR chief reporter Will Mace speaks with Simon Shepherd.

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Shoeshine attended University of Auckland professor Alexandra Andhov’s inaugural lecture last week on the theme of ‘big tech’ regulation, of which the central argument was: think.

On the face of it, it may not seem like such a revolutionary concept for an academic to put forth, but when you

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