Artificial Intelligence
How AI is breathing new life into te reo Māori with chatbot
Author: Jason Lovell, Reobot creator “Kia ora!” – Whether you’re Māori or not using this greeting says so much about New Zealand and how proud we are of our unique culture. Although, it hasn’t always been this way. It’s only in recent years that we’ve really started to take steps to make sure it remains […]
The emergence of the tech-savvy martecheter
Author: Amanda Johnston-Pell, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Chair Customer Officer, IBM A/NZ Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian recently said: “Programming is modern-day literacy.” This quote really resonated with me. Last year my son took part in a Coder Academy Day – a dedicated IBM-sponsored program which gave him his first taste of coding and artificial intelligence. He […]
The AI sommelier making you the wine expert
Standing in front of a wall of wine bottles trying to find something that you’ll like can feel futile. One online wine retailer is using artificial intelligence to help find what you’re looking for. Author: Alex Braae, Staff Writer of The Spinoff. Originally published on The Spinoff. It can take a lifetime to truly become […]
Harnessing tech to save Australia’s beaches
Author: Dr Adam Makarucha, Data Scientist, IBM Systems Australia is blessed with some of the world’s most beautiful coastline. Our island nation is home to more than 10,000 beaches, ranging from a few dozen metres to hundreds of kilometres long. But increasingly, these iconic locales are slowly disappearing before our eyes. As a Data Scientist […]
Behind this AI is the woman shaping its future: Meet Lee Hatton, UBank
Like our children—we build artificial intelligence (AI) in our own image. All is inherited: our bias, inclinations, habits, good and bad intentions are transposed into 1s and 0s, and then absorbed by these synthetic-thought thinking machines. AI is better for it. It’s true: companies leading the way in artificial intelligence have come to realise the […]
IBM is honouring women who are putting AI to work in business
UBank CEO, Lee Hatton joins our inaugural Women Leaders in AI list Author: Moragh Blyth, Head of Marketing Cloud & Cognitive, Systems and IBM Brand A/NZ As an Aussie woman working in technology in A/NZ, I can’t tell you how proud I was to learn that a fellow Australian and a New Zealander made the […]
Women Leaders in AI
Woodside Energy’s Chief Digital Officer, Shelley Kalms joins our inaugural Women Leaders in AI list Author: Moragh Blyth, Head of Marketing Cloud & Cognitive, Systems and IBM Brand A/NZ As an Aussie woman working in technology in A/NZ, I can’t tell you how proud I was to learn that a fellow Australian and a Kiwi […]
AI fast-forwards sporting highlights
Author: Isuru Fernando, Country Design & Technology Officer, IBM New Zealand Aussies and Kiwis love their sport. They love playing it and watching it – whether it’s on a Saturday morning watching the kids playing footie or at home cheering their team to victory on the TV. For sport lovers at home, broadcasters are creating […]
Three ways AI will transform your customer experience strategy
Author: Jarrad Swain, Marketing Manager, IBM Watson, IBM Australia and New Zealand The role of the CMO is evolving into ‘Chief Experience Officer’. Chief Marketing Officers lead the charge for understanding the needs of the customer and delivering differentiated brand experiences for clients. At the recent AI Inspiration Series held in Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney, […]
Shifting into high gear with intelligent automation
Author: Data & Artificial Intelligence Leader, IBM Global Markets Organisations in retail and consumer products are entering a new phase of technological innovation with the help of automation. From automatically rerouting shipments, to bypassing bad weather, to personalising in-store services based on analysis of a customer’s facial expressions, AI-powered intelligent automation is rapidly transforming both […]
Using AI to address the cybersecurity skill shortage
Author – John Martin, IBM New Zealand security practice leader Humans are the weak link when it comes to cybersecurity – over 90% of security incidents are attributable to human error. This is when people do things like click on a bad link, open an attachment which is laden with malware or fail to change […]
With AI-powered translation, industries look to speak every customer’s language
Author: Jordan Teicher, Content Producer, IBM Industries and and Joseph Rakowski When Aussie, Danny May’s passport was stolen during a business trip to China, he had to think quickly to try to recover it. So he downloaded a translation app on his phone, searched for some Chinese phrases that might help explain his situation, […]