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Includes: Our AI future; Standing up for smokefree; Democracy in decline; a Kiwi at NASA; Combatting loneliness; Chief Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad
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AI offers powerful opportunities, but also unprecedented challenges. University of Auckland AI experts talk about where the technology may lead us.
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Half the world's population goes to the polls in 2024, yet democracy is on the back foot, writes Adam Dudding. What forces lie behind the shift?
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Earlier this year, New Zealand’s ground-breaking smokefree legislation was dismantled. University of Auckland experts are determined to see it reinstated.
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Loneliness is isolating, but Professor Ngaire Kerse has seven practical tips to help us all feel better connected.
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Former theatre lighting designer Bryan Caldwell now manages research projects for NASA, shifting from the stage to the stars.
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Taking issue: Academics share their views on whether the Doomsday Clock is anything to fret about.
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James Ardern shifted from the car industry to chocolate. But the Whittaker's CEO says it wasn’t as big a shift as it might seem.
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The Chief Children's Commissioner says we must create space for, and listen to, children’s voices.
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A chance meeting at Middlemore drew Professor Janice Rymer into women’s health and to King’s College in London.
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Allan Martin has enjoyed a varied and successful career. Now in his 90s, he's still taking up new sports.
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English alumna Dianne Taylor talks about her hit TV drama, After the Party, starring Robyn Malcolm.
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Auckland Business Chamber CEO and alumnus Simon Bridges on why we need to strengthen synergies between academia and industry.
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The Vospertron glow dance group performs at Taumata, celebrating the University's 2024 Distinguished Alumni. Image: Richard Ng
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