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The geek who builds lethal AI weapons, with a hotline to Trump
Times: Is he the new Oppenheimer?

Henry Cavill as James Bond? The fake trailer creators trolling Hollywood
From Marvel teasers to faux Bond films, it’s getting hard to tell what’s real.

Chinese AI agent Manus sparks debate with mixed reviews
Manus launched in an invite-only phase, with tickets hard to get.

‘Making history’: Northland woman becomes world’s first customer to be digitally cloned
Liz Wright is the first person to be digitally cloned for a brand.

The making of Microsoft’s domestic data centre
How Kiwis got Satya Nadella on side.

Tech Insider: A cheap home EV charger that’s made in NZ, AWS’s local financials revealed
Keeping it Kiwi – with the help of some Aussie capital.

‘I worry how vulnerable people will be’: Kiwi actor Martin Henderson on deepfake fears
The Kiwi actor fears advances in technology will make criminals more money.

Liam Dann: Why I’m cheering the AI boom ... and three tips for surviving it
For many workers, it's getting hard to know what's worse, a tech wreck or tech success.

Bearded belly dancers and gold statues: Trump’s AI vision for Gaza stirs controversy
Trump's AI video shows Gaza as a beachside paradise with luxury hotels.

My patient was using a therapy chat bot. Was that okay?
AI can be useful as a supplement to treatment. But there are risks, too.

Hackers air AI video targeted at Donald Trump and Elon Musk
TV screens at the US Department of Housing recently shocked onlookers by playing an AI-generated video of Donald Trump licking Elon Musk’s feet.

The Reserve Bank is worst in OECD - Richard Prebble
OPINION: The RBNZ relies on official statistics even though they are prone to be wrong.

Anthropic releases its 'smartest' AI model
Its name is Claude. And its backers say it's the smartest AI tool yet.

Yamaha buys Tauranga’s Robotics Plus, unveils big plans
Another tech firm sold offshore, but new owners says it'll add to its 130 staff.

Alibaba to invest $53b in AI and cloud over next three years
The investment exceeds Alibaba's total AI and cloud spending over the past decade.

We must pick a side in AI arms race, Kiwi entrepreneur says
Drones, rockets, aircraft and ships can all be made in NZ, but will they get support?

Markets with Madison: AI arms race
Companies are raising hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve AI supremacy. PrimerAI founder Sean Gourley says it’s not just a tech trend – it’s the only way to deter war.

DeepSeek, WeChat, other apps banned from MPs’ phones
Read the Beehive directive. Expert says NZ should go further.

Trump car tariff threat puts pressure on stock markets
Global stocks were under pressure after Trump broadened his tariff threats.

Spark and Microsoft ink NZ’s ‘largest-ever Microsoft public cloud partnership’
Around half of the telco's staff will get Microsoft's gen AI.