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EPISODE · Oct 4, 2025 · 9 MIN

Dr Andrew Lensen: AI expert addresses calls that New Zealand needs more AI regulations

from The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin · host Newstalk ZB

There's growing calls for New Zealand to regulate AI, amid concerns that the nation is falling behind on this matter. It's been revealed that Meta has been data scraping the accounts of users in New Zealand and Australia due to the lack of regulations - in order to train AI. AI expert Dr Andrew Lensen says the EU is leading the way with its AI Act - and it's something other countries should be looking into. "It has its own issues or criticisms, but it's still a really good piece to sort of start looking at as a starting point." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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