artificial intelligence (ai)

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    Meta rolling out AI subscriptions

    Meta rolling out AI subscriptions Meta Platforms is selling consumer subscriptions to its Meta AI chatbot for the first time, a key step toward building a business that would help offset hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence investments by the company. The new...
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    Aura stops crime before it happens using predictive AI models

    Aura stops crime before it happens using predictive AI models South African security company Aura said that it has shifted from reacting to crimes to preventing them entirely, using its large data sets and predictive AI models. Aura consolidated hundreds of independent armed response and...
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    Gigabyte shifting focus to enterprise products in SA

    Gigabyte shifting focus to enterprise products in SA Taiwanese hardware company Gigabyte is coming off an outstanding 2025, when it saw "exceptional growth" in South Africa's PC components sector. The company is now looking to diversify its portfolio and focus on reaching new customers with...
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    How Grabouw is helping shape tech in agriculture

    How Grabouw is helping shape tech in agriculture The Western Cape town of Grabouw is a major playing field for innovative agricultural technologies, including drone-based spectral imaging and artificial intelligence-driven irrigation. About 65km east of Cape Town, Grabouw is the commercial hub...
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    Meta Platforms shares plummet with more AI spending on the cards

    Meta Platforms shares plummet with more AI spending on the cards Meta Platforms shares plunged the most in six months after the company raised its spending outlook for the year. The move reignited fears that the historic levels of investment that chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg is...
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    Comms department suspends two officials over fake AI research in SA draft AI Policy

    Comms department suspends two officials over fake AI research in SA draft AI Policy South Africa's communications department placed two officials on precautionary suspension pending an investigation into artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinations in the country's draft National AI Policy...
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    Researchers find 5 popular AI chatbots give wrong medical advice half the time

    Researchers find 5 popular AI chatbots give wrong medical advice half the time Artificial intelligence-driven chatbots are giving users problematic medical advice about half the time, according to a new study, highlighting the health risks of the technology that’s becoming increasingly integral...
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    Anthropic CEO believes AI will destroy these jobs

    Anthropic CEO believes AI will destroy these jobs Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, one of the world’s leading AI experts, said he is concerned that entry-level white-collar office jobs will be wiped out in the near future. “Entry-level jobs in areas like finance, consulting, tech, and many other...
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    South Africans are using AI to craft banking and insurance complaints

    South Africans are using AI to craft banking and insurance complaints The National Financial Ombuds Scheme is becoming frustrated with South Africans using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate complaints, some of which run up to 200 pages and cite false information. Speaking to 702, CEO at...
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    Vodacom and Standard Bank warn about AI-generated scams

    Vodacom and Standard Bank warn about AI-generated scams Two prominent South African companies, Standard Bank and Vodacom, have warned South Africans about fraudsters using fake artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos and images to scam people. According to Marius le Roux, head of fraud...
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    New scam using AI generated video of Johann Rupert and Cyril Ramaphosa

    New scam using AI generated video of Johann Rupert and Cyril Ramaphosa A new scam targeting South Africans has appeared online that uses an AI-generated fake video of Cyril Ramaphosa endorsing a scheme called “the Wealthicator project”. The scheme promises people a return of R250,000 for an...
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    Ben Affleck-founded AI company bought by Netflix

    Ben Affleck-founded AI company bought by Netflix Netflix acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking technology business founded four years ago by actor Ben Affleck. The company uses artificial intelligence to help moviemakers perform tasks such as adjusting colours, applying visual effects and...
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    Nvidia not investing pledged maximum of $100 billion in OpenAI

    Nvidia not investing pledged maximum of $100 billion in OpenAI Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang doesn’t see his company’s investments in OpenAI reaching $100 billion (R1.65 trillion) — the maximum amount that the chipmaking giant had once pledged to spend on the startup. “I think...
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    Growing concern about increased AI use in universities

    Growing concern about increased AI use in universities Concerns about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by university students are mounting, and universities in South Africa may have to transition from written assignments as a result. According to AI engineer Akhil Boddu...
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    Sygnia launching new venture capital fund for AI startups in South Africa

    Sygnia launching new venture capital fund for AI startups in South Africa Sygnia founder and CEO Magda Wierzycka is launching a venture capital fund to invest in South African startups developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools, Business Times reports. Wierzycka is one of South Africa's...
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    Amazon research discovers small hacking group used AI to break into 600 firewalls in five weeks

    Amazon research discovers small hacking group used AI to break into 600 firewalls in five weeks Over the last five weeks, a limited number of hackers broke into more than 600 firewalls across dozens of countries with the help of widely available artificial intelligence tools, according to...
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    Samsung share price hits a new record

    Samsung share price hits a new record Samsung Electronics shares jumped to a fresh record high Thursday, after local media reported that the firm is negotiating a price for its latest artificial intelligence memory chip that’s up to 30% higher than the previous generation. The chipmaker’s...
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    Toyota-backed Chinese AI company begins producing robotaxis

    Toyota-backed Chinese AI company begins producing robotaxis Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI has started commercial production of a driverless vehicle in partnership with Toyota Motor, one of its backers. The first of 1,000 all-electric and autonomous Toyota bZ4X compact crossovers has...
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    AI bubble warning from respected investment expert

    AI bubble warning from respected investment expert E-Squared Investments manager Thato Ntseare has called for governance guardrails for investments into artificial intelligence (AI) in South Africa to limit the impact of a potential "bubble" bursting in the market. In an interview with...
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    Nvidia says $100-billion OpenAI investment is not a done deal

    Nvidia says $100-billion OpenAI investment is not a done deal Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said the company’s proposed $100 billion (R1.6 trillion) investment in OpenAI was “never a commitment” and that the company would consider any funding rounds “one at a time.” “It was...
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