<![CDATA[ Latest from TechRadar NZ in Ai ]]> https://www.techradar.com/nz/tag/ai Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Hasbro is turning Optimus Prime and Mr. Potato Head into AI-powered voices — which is one sure-fire way to ruin our childhood memories ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/hasbro-is-turning-optimus-prime-and-mr-potato-head-into-ai-powered-voices-which-is-one-sure-fire-way-to-ruin-our-childhood-memories KSW96k6YduD4g3bta3urfc Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quote of the day by former Apple design chief Jony Ive: "When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works it sort of becomes magical" — wisdom on the power of simplicity ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-former-apple-design-chief-jony-ive-when-something-exceeds-your-ability-to-understand-how-it-works-it-sort-of-becomes-magical-wisdom-on-the-power-of-simplicity oakccBvjECpCAj7NJwPZZg Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I just watched a robot kick a child and I'm over it — let's keep robots away from people until these bots are 100% safe ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/i-just-watched-a-robot-kick-a-child-and-im-over-it-lets-keep-robots-away-from-people-until-these-bots-are-100-percent-safe s87vYBub5uNngpGLwFDJu6 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:05:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Meta’s smart glasses might soon sport facial recognition — and the code to power this dystopian feature is already present in the Meta AI app on your phone ]]> https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/metas-smart-glasses-might-soon-sport-facial-recognition-and-the-code-to-power-this-dystopian-feature-is-already-present-in-the-meta-ai-app-on-your-phone VUqE25PWDxY2vVQiegQXuN Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘This is a fundamental shift in how we prepare for pandemics’: Researchers used AI and known genetic codes to develop a ‘fundamentally new’ vaccine that ‘could help speed up the roll out vaccines to benefit people all over the world’ ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-is-a-fundamental-shift-in-how-we-prepare-for-pandemics-researchers-used-ai-and-known-genetic-codes-to-develop-a-fundamentally-new-vaccine-that-could-help-speed-up-the-roll-out-vaccines-to-benefit-people-all-over-the-world RK4WsBavABj8JniqmwzZPc Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Anthropic's bizarre call for everyone to slow down on AI is a pipe dream — here's why that will never happen ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/anthropics-bizarre-call-for-everyone-to-slow-down-on-ai-is-a-pipe-dream-heres-why-that-will-never-happen sgxq94DtVn3e87mnGM49Wf Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:08:48 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:35:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Google Fitbit Air review: The affordable Whoop alternative hits all the right notes, but its messy AI-powered app holds it back from greatness ]]> https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/fitness-trackers/google-fitbit-air-review QeU8dhjn7jTxfdtZDDYxkC Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:04:40 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:25:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Agentic AI traffic from financial services industry doubles in a single month – finance could be the next industry to experience the AI boom ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/agentic-ai-traffic-from-financial-services-industry-doubles-in-a-single-month-finance-could-be-the-next-industry-to-experience-the-ai-boom LB7JX9CH78dfiWUFcmzM6Q Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rethinking cyber defense in government with continuous exposure management ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/rethinking-cyber-defense-in-government-with-continuous-exposure-management 5FQHnExdMKmZUgcz9jsNbV Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:46:51 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:46:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'They want to build a moat': Anthropic's scary warnings about rapid AI 'self-improvement' and 'temporarily' pausing development aren’t convincing the cynics ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/they-want-to-build-a-moat-anthropics-scary-warnings-about-rapid-ai-self-improvement-and-temporarily-pausing-development-arent-convincing-the-cynics JQHi2Het7obn4xaCJnEt3J Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:21:26 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:21:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why 95% of enterprise GPUs sit idle while AI startups can't get compute ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-95-percent-of-enterprise-gpus-sit-idle-while-ai-startups-cant-get-compute JhPsyCywhjaA5dBqDvZwEZ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:55:01 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:55:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ When dust means downtime: why data centers need rigorous preventive maintenance ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/when-dust-means-downtime-why-data-centers-need-rigorous-preventive-maintenance ho8WCqHywotjQY3dVvUvxf Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:47:58 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:48:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI without regret: Enabling speed, insight, and automation while maintaining control ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-without-regret-enabling-speed-insight-and-automation-while-maintaining-control bc4kDiLCAckT6RXEgf9wWo Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:17:41 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:17:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Inside Europe’s factories - why AI still isn’t delivering ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/inside-europes-factories-why-ai-still-isnt-delivering WQD4D7wByRpFZT2hhvhYXg Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:56:25 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:56:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why decades-old attacks still work, and why that should worry you ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-decades-old-attacks-still-work-and-why-that-should-worry-you JHcoaE4Wm7trXui5QEnQza Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:44:59 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:45:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Your AI content sounds right. That's exactly the problem. ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/your-ai-content-sounds-right-thats-exactly-the-problem vYv8gPfoLfWwFcrt6XFC2J Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:59:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ I used Gemini in Google Sheets to create a weekly budget that updates itself — here’s how ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/i-used-gemini-in-google-sheets-to-create-a-weekly-budget-that-updates-itself-heres-how WoRdfYQ7hUZrcpcUgzw45Y Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ AIs like ChatGPT fall apart in classic 'Stroop' psychological test — and that could stand in the way of achieving artificial general intelligence ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/ais-like-chatgpt-fall-apart-in-classic-stroop-psychological-test-and-that-could-stand-in-the-way-of-achieving-artificial-general-intelligence FMh5J3vRtgZdLTfmoagNJd Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Many US tech firms are turning to China's DeepSeek as the bill for homegrown AI bites – American AI companies could learn a thing or two ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/many-us-tech-firms-are-turning-to-chinas-deepseek-as-the-bill-for-homegrown-ai-bites-american-ai-companies-could-learn-a-thing-or-two rJaw2LXBag3opjWe9Rd3oh Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Meta AI's recent hack is a terrifying wake-up call for anyone who puts their trust in AI systems ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/meta-ais-recent-hack-is-a-terrifying-wake-up-call-for-anyone-who-puts-their-trust-in-ai-systems 5uhR3cJPSD4v3sanRxLomJ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:45:00 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:18:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Humanoid robots won’t be the future: purpose-built robots will ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/humanoid-robots-wont-be-the-future-purpose-built-robots-will g99ZYSzaZmaWJEL8vAgrHX Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:19:58 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:20:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ How AI and advanced technologies will change the roles of supply chain workers of the future ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/how-ai-and-advanced-technologies-will-change-the-roles-of-supply-chain-workers-of-the-future Q6JRwkBwrS9m2cKyuQUAsM Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:46:29 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:46:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Samsung Galaxy Watch users are getting a completely redesigned, AI-first app for a 'personalized experience', whether they like it or not — and we only have to look at Fitbit to see how well that's going ]]> https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/fitness-trackers/samsung-galaxy-watch-users-are-getting-a-completely-redesigned-ai-first-app-for-a-personalized-experience-whether-they-like-it-or-not-and-we-only-have-to-look-at-fitbit-to-see-how-well-thats-going gdVWLfwLzVbD4g483jUXJV Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:42:30 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:58:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Who wouldn't want a large-scale industrial polluter sitting in their backyard?': California residents ban data centers as public backlash grows ]]> https://www.techradar.com/computing/who-wouldnt-want-a-large-scale-industrial-polluter-sitting-in-their-backyard-california-residents-ban-data-centers-as-public-backlash-grows Sw9gw6G8iGbRhupEZFfsyL Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:37:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ I used ChatGPT to find jobs and rewrite my resume — and it felt like having a personal recruiter ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/i-used-chatgpt-to-find-jobs-and-rewrite-my-resume-and-it-felt-like-having-a-personal-recruiter 87H4eCqZuKSmUfn6qqn6jk Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:24:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ In the AI era, is Shopify the new WordPress? ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/in-the-ai-era-is-shopify-the-new-wordpress R2WZQkiMpmPZEZtQ3XothL Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:53:16 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:14:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ The waitlist is not the control: Why frontier cyber AI needs business-side guardrails ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-waitlist-is-not-the-control-why-frontier-cyber-ai-needs-business-side-guardrails FS6PWHhQJPy2oEgdrFLZg3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:17:18 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:17:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 5 common mistakes enterprises make when choosing AI tools (and how to avoid them) ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-5-common-mistakes-enterprises-make-when-choosing-ai-tools-and-how-to-avoid-them fmeZD9ocfN8k9JQ4aZoxDF Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:12:07 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:12:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ A live operational risk: Why AI agents are outrunning your security ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-live-operational-risk-why-ai-agents-are-outrunning-your-security ThFJ63AkxhJeYK5jwm8FZA Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:44:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Masters of the Universe director Travis Knight doesn't think AI is a 'technology we should fear' — but says it'll never replace the people who give movies their 'spirit and soul' ]]> https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/masters-of-the-universe-director-travis-knight-doesnt-think-ai-is-a-technology-we-should-fear-but-says-itll-never-replace-the-people-who-give-movies-their-spirit-and-soul NyyR4AcKRpkTS8ZCjg87p7 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:06:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quote of the day by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether [we] possess the maturity to wield it" — warnings on the looming threat of beyond-human AI ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-humanity-is-about-to-be-handed-almost-unimaginable-power-and-it-is-deeply-unclear-whether-we-possess-the-maturity-to-wield-it-warnings-on-the-looming-threat-of-beyond-human-ai rv7n2K6kxqbR3DGH4prGmB Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'A new category of agents': Microsoft reveals Scout, its first "Autopilot", which wants to change how you work for good ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-new-category-of-agents-microsoft-reveals-scout-its-first-autopilot-which-wants-to-change-how-you-work-for-good Xy3cPrnSnp6LectqBFH24Z Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:53:24 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:53:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ OpenAI and Anthropic are battling to conquer the AI market in Finance and Legal ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/openai-and-anthropic-are-battling-to-conquer-the-ai-market-in-finance-and-legal MhFfEeTYiiSvZxWT3wUrsM Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:50:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'You can no longer do things at human ​scale': Cisco releases AI agent botnet that works on behalf of your business ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/you-can-no-longer-do-things-at-human-scale-cisco-releases-ai-agent-botnet-that-works-on-behalf-of-your-business 9qiKkQZiPKwiLZFctLFFac Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI is the top investment area for 3 out of 4 insurance CEOs ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-is-the-top-investment-area-for-3-out-of-4-insurance-ceos ASL25QdSwrTyDgvRGew4Yo Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I asked ChatGPT to think like a kid — and it suddenly saw every hole in my ideas ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/i-asked-chatgpt-to-think-like-a-kid-and-it-suddenly-saw-every-hole-in-my-ideas 6pDXyVC4VTkLWmA6tV3VVH Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:56:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI promised productivity but IT teams got cognitive overload instead ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-promised-productivity-but-it-teams-got-cognitive-overload-instead MMTjmXxLFzfP7wQjRseKQm Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:42:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why building two data centers a week won’t fix AI’s bottleneck ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-building-two-data-centers-a-week-wont-fix-ais-bottleneck 3efVW2idSpQ5j4PA8zhmR4 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:44:32 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:44:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ I pushed ChatGPT toward its hidden chat limit — here's what actually happens when you reach it ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/i-pushed-chatgpt-toward-its-hidden-chat-limit-heres-what-actually-happens-when-you-reach-it m7X78NaU2PJE2j2GAEhJ24 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:04:53 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:04:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ The next evolution of the penetration test must include agentic AI ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-next-evolution-of-the-penetration-test-must-include-agentic-ai 7rprzmvsQyV7ZXqCWw5c58 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:08:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Trump executive order requests AI companies 'voluntarily' allow the White House to test the "advanced cyber capabilities of AI models” ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/new-trump-executive-order-requests-ai-companies-voluntarily-allow-the-white-house-to-test-the-advanced-cyber-capabilities-of-ai-models spFAHNmQZuHnkXbtD3GjRd Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:53:33 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:53:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ How compliance can unlock AI innovation at scale ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/how-compliance-can-unlock-ai-innovation-at-scale Xidzu4t8Y5wgsR2sxTtquk Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:58:28 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Delivering AI systems enterprise users can’t live without ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/delivering-ai-systems-enterprise-users-cant-live-without 9EcGN93XJzMZqZiipq26G6 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:10:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Trump White House is ready to regulate AI, but it's exactly the wrong body to do so, and its control could become a problem ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/the-trump-white-house-is-ready-to-regulate-ai-but-its-exactly-the-wrong-body-to-do-so-and-its-control-could-become-a-problem nYWf8Vb5mwKB6W4cM7z23j Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:29:45 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:50:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nvidia, SLB, Amazon, and Meta are the top companies adopting AI, but that doesn't mean they're seeing the benefits ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/nvidia-slb-amazon-and-meta-are-the-top-companies-adopting-ai-but-that-doesnt-mean-theyre-seeing-the-benefits e5ozWyJBdgtZBvU3tdtWgA Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'We ⁠have supply for very, very robust growth, but we're still supply constrained': Jensen Huang says Nvidia has enough CPU and GPU supply to grow AI ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/we-have-supply-for-very-very-robust-growth-but-were-still-supply-constrained-jensen-huang-says-nvidia-has-enough-cpu-and-gpu-supply-to-grow-ai vDEEw9dgt6tc4mnUde27ki Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gemini warned me humans might review my chats — but turning it off comes with a surprising downside ]]> https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/gemini/gemini-warned-me-humans-might-review-my-chats-but-turning-it-off-comes-with-a-surprising-downside Lm3qHc9tKnrQvGLeWPHEMY Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:31:34 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:31:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Smartphone industry predicted to hit biggest low for 13 years thanks to memory crisis — and only Apple and Samsung are safe from extinction ]]> https://www.techradar.com/phones/smartphone-industry-predicted-to-hit-biggest-low-for-13-years-thanks-to-memory-crisis-and-only-apple-and-samsung-are-safe-from-extinction ahE7AyeU4Dpgx3ktUTZ2mY Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:17:04 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:09:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'For glasses specifically, we have already gone through several iterations' —Shokz' CEO confirms the sports headphones company is working on AI smart glasses, hearing solutions and a 'record everything' AI-powered assistant for future headphones ]]> https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/fitness-headphones/for-glasses-specifically-we-have-already-gone-through-several-iterations-shokz-ceo-confirms-the-sports-headphones-company-is-working-on-ai-smart-glasses-hearing-solutions-and-a-record-everything-ai-powered-assistant-for-future-headphones Y9TRmmfqVTEb2Wg7MgW2SV Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:17:41 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:22:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Solving the enterprise data optimization problem ]]> https://www.techradar.com/pro/solving-the-enterprise-data-optimization-problem 6iSCfTWbqGFFoyoJLj2mWd Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:26:52 +0000