Cheating or Chatting? Exploring AI Chatbot Infidelity In Relationships

Posted 11:53am Sunday 4th October 2026 by Hanna Varrs

I love the Internet. I was practically born and raised on it, and as someone who moved around a fair amount as a kid, I often relied on it to maintain my relationships with friends who lived in different cities. My social life was Instagram group chats with people that I would never meet in person, Read more...

AI: Amazing Innovation or Annihilation Incoming?

Posted 12:02pm Sunday 6th September 2026 by Stella Weston

I know that students have pretty strong feelings about artificial intelligence.  “FUCK AI”. “Just admit you can’t think for yourself, you smooth-brained twat”. “Never, AI should be destroyed [...] AI should be banned, all information about how it can be Read more...

How To De-AI-ify Your Life

Posted 9:53am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Hanna Varrs

AI tools are pretty much everywhere, and Big Tech has done a stellar job in normalising their incorporation into just about every digital product we use.  What I will say is that I am not anti-AI in any blanket statement sense. I do believe that there are applications of AI that will do Read more...

Pint Night Fall Off?

Posted 10:27am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Luca Jamieson

Wednesday nights for many students are not spent in Central, but rather underground at the aptly named University Bar, U-Bar. Pint Night serves as the student community’s weekly chance for cheap pints, and typically offers a constant rotation of student bands. But recently, allegations have Read more...

The Price of Free

Posted 11:23am Sunday 2nd August 2026 by Heeni Koero Te Rerenoa (Sky)

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  Artificial intelligence is having a phenomenal year. Apparently, it can write your assignment, draft a CV, answer difficult emails, and plan your holiday Read more...

Post-It Note “Warfare” Over AI-Generated Poster

Posted 4:23pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by Stella Weston

Late last semester, a mailing list of Zoology Postgraduate students received a “not-positive email message” from their Head of Department. Critic Te Ārohi understands that the email was sent following some students putting critical post-it notes on an AI-generated poster made by Read more...

Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome Email Returns 100% AI Prediction

Posted 4:34pm Saturday 11th April 2026 by Hanna Varrs

Critic Te Ārohi recently received a news tip from an anonymous student that ran Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson’s welcome email through GPTZero (Model 4.2b). The message was sent to all students at the start of the year, and had the subject-line “Student update: 25 February Read more...

Critical Tribune: University declares state of emergency as brainrot spreads across campus

Posted 11:01pm Sunday 28th September 2025 by Gear Sloppit

The University of Ota-goon has announced an Official State of Emergency after a “catastrophic outbreak” of brainrot left hundreds of students unable to form original sentences, instead communicating exclusively through TikTok sounds and vintage Tumblr quotes. In a press conference Read more...

Editorial: It Happened, I Went to a Split-Screened Rave

Posted 5:29pm Saturday 26th July 2025 by Nina Brown

I went to a split-screened rave last week. Picture this: a boiler room on the top floor of The Grand in Wellington. Frothing crowd of mid-20s, sunglasses on (despite the dark) and exposed skin slick with sweat, surrounding the DJ. And above it all, Minecraft and Subway Surfers projected onto an Read more...

Debatable: Should Small Businesses Use AI Art in Advertising?

Posted 5:17pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Hannah Twigg

Debatable is a column written by the Otago University Debating Society. The Debating Society welcomes new members and meets at the Business School every Tuesday at 6pm. For: Liam Gould  AI art can be tacky and cheap but it can also be effective if used correctly. There's a reason why Read more...