‘Polyanna policy’ – is NZ’s framework for AI use in government overly optimistic?

‘Polyanna policy’ – is NZ’s framework for AI use in government overly optimistic?

Getty ImagesThe New Yorker magazine’s recently published investigation into OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman posed a loaded question: can the people building this powerful technology actually be trusted? The report described a system where commercial incentives drive behaviour and oversight is treated as a nuisance. In Aotearoa New Zealand, there is a similarly urgent question: can the governance frameworks we are building to manage that techno…