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2026-06-20
University of Queensland researchers have built WildObs, a cloud platform that uses AI to read millions of wildlife camera-trap images and turn them into conservation data, ten times faster than people.
Bogdan State
Bogdan State brought the view from inside the work: thirty years of writing software, and a year spent building alongside an AI coding assistant. His account was refreshingly grounded, and more useful for it.
Martin Kay
Martin Kay has watched the same pattern repeat for decades. A new technology arrives, and suddenly every strategy is rebuilt around it. His message at AI for Good Wellington was a useful corrective: AI is a technology you put to work behind a strategy, not the strategy itself.
Michelle Burke
Michelle Burke put a question on the table that is hard to set down. Expertise is built by doing imperfect work. If AI now absorbs exactly that layer of work, where does the next generation of experts come from?
2026
Niko Purdie started coding at 9, competed at a hackathon in Austin, Texas, and came home to realise New Zealand had nothing like it for teens. So he built one. KiwiHacks has grown from 10 attendees to 60+ across four events, with a 91 NPS and a weekly coding club that teaches beginners to ship real software.
2026
The Wellington Generative AI Community is a space for enthusiasts and learners to explore, share, and deepen their expertise in generative AI. We welcome anyone curious or passionate about this field.