Waitaki District Council’s cautious, staff-first rollout of generative AI shows how a small public body can harness large language models for practical gains—while keeping human judgment, privacy safeguards and governance firmly in the driver’s seat. The council’s chief digital officer, Teresa...
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Generative AI is rapidly moving from experimental pilots into day‑to‑day HR operations, and Microsoft’s Copilot ecosystem — together with specialist vendors and regional HR platforms — is already being used to automate recruiting, personalize onboarding, and surface people analytics, even as...