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Not without costs: Winston Peters questions nuclear-free ‘mythologising’
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- September 21, 2026
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In his final major speech as minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters has questioned the way New Zealanders think about the nuclear-free policy, saying it boosted national identity but came with costs, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Winston Peters has used […]
Accenture: Consumers show growing trust in AI shopping agents
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- June 15, 2026
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Consumers are showing a willingness to let AI agents take on more shopping-related tasks, according to new research from Accenture. The company’s 2026 Consumer Pulse Research, based on a survey of 25,590 consumers across 16 countries, found that 74% of respondents would trust a personal AI agent more than their best friend to make a […]
LUMIQ Secures Strategic Funding to Become the AI Decision Layer for Financial Services
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- June 29, 2026
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Insider Brief LUMIQ has closed a strategic funding round led by Bajaj Finserv, one of India’s largest financial services groups, with participation from existing investor Info Edge Ventures, to scale its auto-decisioning platform LiteCone across financial institutions in the United States and Southeast Asia. The LiteCone platform deploys AI agents that read files, apply institutional […]
ChatGPT Voice gets closer to “Her” with email, calendar, and Slack access
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- September 23, 2026
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ChatGPT Voice now runs on OpenAI’s new GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna models and can tap into plugins like email, calendar, and Slack. Users can manage appointments, send emails, or build websites just by talking. The update moves OpenAI closer to the everyday AI assistant Sam Altman has long compared to the one in the […]