The AI Forum helps NZ pave the way with AI sustainability practices

Non-profit organisation The AI Forum is helping Kiwis learn about addressing climate change issues through the use of AI technology. Taking knowledge from their recent AI for the environment report, which will be released at TechWeek2022, the organisation has focused on five key environmental outcomes for Aotearoa where AI can deliver meaningful solutions from both modern science and matauranga Maori perspectives. The organisation says that while it's encouraging that results of a recent survey revealed one in five enterprises are using AI effectively in New Zealand, it was still concerning that only 7% are engaging in core practices supporting widespread AI adoption and 17% are not considering AI at all. "The majority of Kiwi companies are still in initial trial stages with just over one third taking their first steps in building AI capability," says The AI Forum NZ executive director Madeline Newman. "Most of these have run ad hoc pilots or applied AI to a single business process, which is a good cost effective start in understanding how and where to make best use of AI in business."