AI sackings reach New Zealand, which will use it to eject 14 percent of government staff (www.theregister.com)

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[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 7 points 5 days ago

The government needs to prioritize moving away from IT systems reliance that is not NZ based.

Software/hardware need to be NZ based and NZ owned. All systems should be FOSS; and only allow non-FOSS where a very good reason exists.

[-] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah but FOSS doesn't take decision makers out to dinner, send them to junkets or give out free swag.

[-] nsh@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 days ago

It would've been a great opportunity to do what many European governments are now doing, reducing the reliance on US tech companies. Instead, they decided to do the exact opposite.

Sometimes I wonder if they actually believe what they are saying. Or is "AI" just an excuse to further push their neoliberal agenda.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago

Sovereign software at the bare minimum. I'm fine with hardware from allies because I doubt we are capable for making that here. But US doesnt count as an ally anymore in my eyes.