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Alexander Richter is a Professor of Human-Centric AI and the inaugural Director of Huanui, the University of Auckland Business School's AI Initiative. His application-driven research focuses on: 1) Human-AI collaboration & the future of work, 2) Value-centric AI design & governance, and 3) Digital sovereignty & capability. His conceptual work emphasizes value-centric, future-oriented, and adaptive approaches to create sociotechnical systems that foster innovation, wellbeing and efficiency.

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Keeping Humans in Practice: What the Quipu and Marshallese Stick Chart Can Teach Us about AI Governance

by Alexander Richter, Guy Bate October 12, 2026 0

An organisation can keep humans in the loop and still lose the expertise that makes their oversight meaningful. When AI analyses evidence, frames options and drafts... Read more.

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What Your Avatar Reveals and Conceals at Work

by Alexander Richter September 13, 2026 0

In July 2026, Zoom announced that its Workplace platform now offered realistic, AI-generated avatars for meetings. Created from a photograph, these avatars mirror... Read more.

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Understanding the Metaverse through Four Sociotechnical Dimensions

by Alexander Richter, Shahper Richter February 28, 2024 0

The term Metaverse stands for the concept of the emerging virtual world that promises to revolutionize how we interact within digital environments and with each... Read more.