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• We created 300,000 jobs with AI: Tye Brady of Amazon Robotics

  “Simply put, we couldn’t achieve our customer obsession without adding robotics and automation,” says the chief technologist of Amazon Robotics

• Google's competition for advertising heats up from Amazon, rival platforms

  Google's streaming video platform YouTube has also struggled to stop the spread of disturbing or adult content on the site, prompting some major advertisers to remove its ads for fear they could appear next to offensive content

• Spotify shares fall on report Amazon in talks to launch ad-supported music offering

  Amazon would market the free music service through its voice-activated Echo speakers, a Billboard report said on Friday, adding that it could become available as early as this week.

• Facebook removes exposed user records stored on Amazon's servers

  "We worked to get the databases in question taken down, but we are still investigating exactly what information was stored there," said a Facebook spokeswoman.

• NZ Gov’t takes steps to ensure ‘highly digitalised’ MNCs pay their fair share

  Will target online giants with digital tax

• CIO upfront: Voice activated technology must evolve in order to truly transform the workplace

  Misuse of data could compromise privacy or individual rights, prompt incorrect decisions or a misapplication of skills and, ultimately, drive a very consequential loss of employee trust in the organisation, writes Ben Morgan of Accenture Interactive NZ

• Amazon's latest gadget: a self-driving toy car for coders

  Self-driving cars, meet Amazon's self-driving toys

• 'Businesses want to be Amazon without doing Amazon'

  Amazon lost almost US$3 billion before turning its first profit, and took significant risks. So what risks are you willing to take? Can you put a portion of today’s business model at risk to create tomorrow’s?

• Amazon investigating claims of employees leaking data for bribes

  The practice is particularly strong in China as the number of sellers there are soaring, according to news report

• Amazon's Jeff Bezos commits US$2B to help homeless, pre-schools

  The new philanthropic effort is called the Bezos Day One Fund, a nod to the executive's management philosophy that organisations must view every day with the fervour of a new start, or face stagnation and decline.

• OK Computer? Ensuring safe and fair use of algorithms

  The algorithms fundamental to artificial intelligence have huge potential to benefit business, government and society. But how can we ensure transparency and accountability when algorithms are used for important decision making? Frith Tweedie of EY writes about steps to help manage algorithmic risk in both the public and private sectors.

• Why I am no fan of 'transformation'

  ... and why I am no fan of 'transformation'

• How voice technology will reshape business

  Everybody expects voice tech and virtual assistants like Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana to make a big splash in the enterprise. Here's what to expect.

• Why is innovation so challenging? A CIO in-depth report

  Balancing innovative projects with keeping the lights on responsibilities is the reality for most CIOs today. Our research suggests that tackling this challenge successfully requires adopting a two-step strategy that can apply to organisations across sectors and geographies.

• How Xero inspires innovation from the next gen tech leaders

  The first step is to remove any roadblocks standing between the status quo and new ideas, writes Dan Young of Xero.