South African AI investment
to reach $3.7b

A new pan-African whitepaper from Mastercard reveals the continent’s potential for responsible AI adoption.

Signpost: Another week, another
AI revolution

In the space of 24 hours, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind redefined the limits of artificial...

Signpost: What good is AI
if it can’t do good?

A new benchmark challenges AI to prove its value to humanity. Tech veteran Pat Gelsinger tells...

Signpost: The synthetic puppeteer
is coming for business

Nina Schick, author of "Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse", spells out the new shape of storytelling to...

China takes massive global
lead in AI research

New data confirms China’s dominance in AI output and collaboration - while African countries remain entirely...

SA enterprises must evolve GenAI architecture

Large language models are giving way to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Agentic RAG, writes TONY BARTLETT,...

The next big thing
in AI: Inference

AI is evolving from model training to deployment, giving Africa’s businesses a leapfrog opportunity, writes ROBBIE...

Research shows AI should not replace
your therapist

Researchers compared AI systems and clinical standards for therapists, exposing dangerous flaws in using chatbots for...

Gen AI no silver
bullet for health

AI Is powering a new healthcare vision for South Africa, but challenges remains, writes DEAN WOLSON,...

Signpost: When AI goes racist

AI bias is well-known, but still slips through, as a new study finds a pattern of...

When kids outsmart AI

Researchers have developed a game to show kids how AI systems blatantly fail at solving certain...

Africa takes pragmatic approach to AI

Across the continent, AI-driven data centres are being established to serve immediate, community-based need, writes BEN...

Huawei Cloud targets joint AI advances in SA

'Cloud for AI' and 'AI for Cloud' strategies aim to expedite intelligent transformation across industries in...

Smarter tools, broader impact: Lenovo lays out inclusive vision

From rendering gushing waterfalls managing millions of files, Lenovo is powering business at scale and speed,...

When AWS gave skills to 2m, it learned 4 lessons

The cloud giant reached its goal a year early, writes MAUREEN LONERGAN, VP of enablement for...

YouTube bets big on AI and fandom at Cannes Lions 2025

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan took the stage at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity...

AI begins reshaping
daily life

From cargo depots to classrooms, AI is opening doors that were previously closed, writes JARRYD NEVES.