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What automated approvals, if any, are currently operating within the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  • What automated approvals, if any, are currently operating within the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any?

Answered by

Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister of Statistics

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I am advised that Stats NZ does not have any artificial intelligence systems currently operating that make automated approval decisions without human oversight.