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01WhakatereUsing AI safely
To navigate, to set a course
Can you safely use Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini with sensitive information? This interactive guide cuts through the noise to show you what is safe to input, what is risky, and how to deal with privacy.
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02WhakamāramaUnderstanding AI
To explain, to make clear, to shed light
You cannot take a position on AI unless you understand it. This module comprises a short essay on why understanding comes first, the research behind it, and a four-part guide to how these tools work, where they fail, and where they help.
Start here
03WhakapakariBuilding your AI capability
To strengthen, to build up, to develop
Where do you actually stand with these tools? A short, honest self-assessment — from getting your bearings to genuine fluency — that shows you where to put your attention next. Nothing is stored.
Find where you stand
04WhakamanaWho controls AI
To give authority, to give effect, to empower
Everyone from cloud vendors to legal publishers now sells “sovereign AI”. This module shows what control of an AI system involves: eight layers, from the contract to the chips, and who holds each one today.
See who holds each layerBriefings & alerts
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New Claude models, open weights and Australia's AI rules
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Fable 5.2 and the new models: retention and memory
AI moves fast — a new model, a change to a provider's terms, a fresh court ruling. Whakatūpato flags the developments that change what is safe to put in, as they happen: dated, sourced, and linked to the tool affected.
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Josh McBride is a barrister at Richmond Chambers in Auckland. He practises in commercial litigation and arbitration.
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