Artificial intelligence has moved from science fiction to science fact. OPINION: You have probably chatted with Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri. Autonomous vehicles are proliferating in the air, on the water and on land. And you may be familiar with the personalised recommendations of Netflix. But did you know that your bank's decision to approve or deny your loan application may rely on the judgment of predictive algorithms?

Artificial intelligence has moved from science fiction to science fact. OPINION: You have probably chatted with Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri. Autonomous vehicles are proliferating in the air, on the water and on land. And you may be familiar with the personalised recommendations of Netflix. But did you know that your bank's decision to approve or deny your loan application may rely on the judgment of predictive algorithms?

AI-DAY packed out the ASB Waterfront Theatre, bringing together industry experts, executives, influencers, analysts, and some more unexpected attendees. The application of AI for pest control was one of the more unconventional use cases showcased at the event. "You don't have to be an expert to …

Wow, it's been a super busy month, as shown by the size of this month's newsletter! Visiting New Zealand for last month's Digital Nations conference, we welcomed Tomáš Ižo, Engineering Director at the Google Research Machine Perception Group. Tomáš presented to a full house in Wellington with a wide ranging talk covering technical and societal issues associated with AI. This was followed by a lively Q&A session too. No doubt, as you will have seen in the media, the team have been going all out preparing for AI-DAY 2018 on Wednesday 28 March, which is less than two weeks away now! We have been busy talking to some of the key speakers at the conference.