Anna PendergrastWill audio ‘fact checkers’ be able to help when fake clips of prominent people are doing the…Today I read the unsurprising but kind of terrifying news that a machine learning model can turn text into a pretty spot-on recreation of…May 17, 2019May 17, 2019
Anna PendergrastThe Revolution Starts at Home: YouTube and the World’s Largest How-to GuideThis is the transcript of my presentation at Theorizing the Web on Friday, 12 April 2019 in New York City. This presentation was part of…Apr 14, 20191Apr 14, 20191
Anna PendergrastWhat Google’s AI Principles don’t tell usToday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai published a blog post setting out seven principles for how Google will use and develop AI, as well as a…Jun 8, 2018Jun 8, 2018
Anna PendergrastMy takeaways from NetHui on CopyrightI attended Internet New Zealand’s one-day NetHui on Copyright at Te Papa today. This event featured great speakers, robust discussion and…Mar 12, 2018Mar 12, 2018
Anna PendergrastWhat’s in a name: Ministerial editionI recently sent an Official Information Act request to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) hoping to get to the bottom of…Nov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2017
Anna PendergrastArt in the halls of powerOn the eve of Election 2017, I made my way to the New Zealand Parliament buildings for a tour of the art on display. The complex was pretty…Sep 26, 2017Sep 26, 2017
Anna Pendergrast💩 is the new blackLast week, the Museum of Modern Art announced it has added the first ever set of emoji to its permanent collection. These 176 icons were…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
Anna PendergrastZero DaysAlex Gibney’s documentary Zero Days centres on the Stuxnet computer virus, which targeted mechanical equipment in an Iranian nuclear…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
