27 Nov 2025

Tech: Chip war, AI recipe slop, 2025 local tech highlights

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 27 November 2025
This photograph taken in Paris on February 23, 2024 shows a US multinational Nvidia's graphic processing unit (GPU). Global equities pushed higher on February 23 as investors digested a record-breaking week powered by US technology titan Nvidia's blockbuster results and the artificial intelligence boom.

Nvidia's graphic processing unit (GPU). Photo: AFP / Joel Saget

Tech commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about a revival of Google's AI ambitions, with news Meta may look at buying its AI-centric computer chips for its data centres - so where does that leave Nvidia?

Google's AI overviews are taking over its search engine - but that's also meant when someone looks for a recipe, they might be getting a complete mashup with unrealistic photos.

And Peter shares the biggest developments on the local tech scene for 2025.

Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist.