Donald Trump has given TikTok a reprieve in the US but the platform is still a long way from permanent salvation. (ABC NEWS: Evan Young/Reuters) Photo: ABC NEWS: Evan Young/Reuters
Tech commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to discuss a $70m funding announcement this morning from the government for AI research.
He'll also dig into the deal to move TikTok's US business onto an investor consortium, creating a new entity to operate the app in the US and ameliorating security concerns about its Chinese provenance.
Will there be any changes for NZ TikTok users?
Tesla launches its "self-drive" features in New Zealand and Australia today.
And two new studies have looked at what people use AI assistants for - including a finding that Kiwis are the 4th-biggest user of Claude - the large language model from US company Anthropic.
Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist
