It has been a rough few weeks, says Being AI cofounder and director David McDonald, but his experience with AI in business means the attention wasn’t unexpected.

“I hate the term tall poppy syndrome, but when you pop up in New Zealand, people give you a little bit of a ribbing, and that’s fine; we’re here to do a job,” he says.

“We wrote down clearly in our listing document what our mission was, how we’re going to use AI, and we’ve started doing that straight away,” says McDonald.

Here's the chat with Mary Hurley.

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