artificial intelligence

  1. Luis

    No material impact from AI strategy — Axiz CEO

    No material impact from AI strategy — Axiz CEO Axiz CEO Craig Brunsden says that artificial intelligence (AI) has had "no material impact" on the company's core strategy and the ICT distribution industry in general. Instead of pivoting to chase AI hype, Axiz is holding firm and focusing on...
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  3. Luis

    Green ID book fraud surges 400% in South Africa

    Green ID book fraud surges 400% in South Africa Impersonation fraud using green ID books has increased by 400% year on year in South Africa, as fraudsters use AI to exploit the legacy identity system. South African identity verification platform VerifyNow said that green ID books were South...
    • Luis
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    • artificial intelligence fraudsters green id books identity theft impersonation smart id verifynow
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  4. Luis

    Mecer's AI products will prioritise processing power over GPUs and NPUs

    Mecer's AI products will prioritise processing power over GPUs and NPUs Mustek's in-house brand Mecer is designing and positioning its desktops and notebooks as complete artificial intelligence (AI) systems. According to Mustek brand executive Michael Kan, the South African ICT distributor...
    • Luis
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    • ai ai pc artificial intelligence ict mecer michael kan mustek
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  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    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...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • 702 artificial intelligence artificial intelligence (ai) banking insurance national financial ombuds scheme reanna steyn
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  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tech price terror awaits South Africans

    Tech price terror awaits South Africans South African ICT distributor Mustek has warned local consumers that the global memory shortage could result in steep increases in a wide range of tech products persisting into 2027. The prices of DDR and NAND flash memory have surged due to demand for...
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  8. Tsepz_GP

    Apple in talks to let Google's Gemini power iPhone AI features

    This will be huge if true, Google AI with Apple A series chips will be truly something… https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-talks-let-googles-gemini-power-iphone-ai-features-bloomberg-news-says-2024-03-18/
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    AWS releasing Q AI chatbot to corporate customers

    AWS releasing Q AI chatbot to corporate customers Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a workplace chatbot called Amazon Q, designed to help corporate customers search for information, write code and review business metrics. Amazon Web Services, the retailer’s cloud-computing division, is infusing...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • adam selipsky ai chatbot amazon amazon q amazon web services (aws) artificial intelligence cloud services re:invent
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  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok AI chatbot and language model

    Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok AI chatbot and language model Elon Musk's xAI has launched its own artificial intelligence (AI) engine and chatbot to take on OpenAI, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Called "Grok", the AI is modelled after the Douglas Adams novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk founds potential new AI startup

    Elon Musk founds potential new AI startup Elon Musk has incorporated an entity called X.AI in the state of Nevada, potentially laying the groundwork for a startup that could pursue his artificial intelligence ambitions. Musk and Jared Birchall, who operates Musk’s family office, incorporated...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft looking to pour $10 billion into OpenAI

    Microsoft looking to pour $10 billion into OpenAI Microsoft Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $10 billion (R169.37 billion) in OpenAI, the creator of viral artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT, according to people familiar with its plans. The proposal under consideration calls for...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Piracy and AI-generated art — how photo and video editing apps will change the art world

    Piracy and AI-generated art — how photo and video editing apps will change the art world The Lensa photo and video editing app has shot into social media prominence in recent weeks, after adding a feature that lets you generate stunning digital portraits of yourself in contemporary art styles...
  14. Jan

    University of Johannesburg to include AI courses in all degrees

    University of Johannesburg making AI courses compulsory for all qualifications The University of Johannesburg is making artificial intelligence (AI) courses compulsory in all qualifications offered at the learning institution. The news came from the Department of Communications and Digital...
    • Jan
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    • ai institute of south africa (aiisa) artificial intelligence dept of communications and digital technologies khumbudzo ntshavheni tshilidzi marwala tshwane university of technology (tut) university of johannesburg (uj)
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  15. Jan

    Bruce Willis says he didn't sign away rights to his likeness for deepfakes

    Yippee-ki-yay — Bruce Willis denies signing away rights for deepfakes Veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has denied that he signed away rights to the use of his likeness for deepfakes, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Several media outlets — including the Telegraph —...
    • Jan
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    • artificial intelligence bruce willis deepcake deepfakes machine learning
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  16. Jan

    South Africa to establish Artificial Intelligence Institute

    South Africa to launch Artificial Intelligence Institute for public schools South Africa intends to enhance the teaching of robotics and coding in public schools through the establishment of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute. Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies...
    • Jan
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    • artificial intelligence khumbudzo ntshavheni programming skills robotics tshwane university of technology (tut) university of johannesburg (uj)
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  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta's new chatbot called Mark Zuckerberg "too creepy and insensitive"

    Meta's new chatbot called Mark Zuckerberg "too creepy and insensitive" Only days after being launched to the public, Meta Platforms Inc.’s new AI chatbot has been claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election, and repeating anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Chatbots —...
  18. Prawnapple

    Artificial Intelligence Predicts The Structure of Almost Every Protein Ever Found

    Further reading: https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-predicts-the-shape-of-nearly-every-protein-known-to-science?fbclid=IwAR3SguLMQrXPTMJclmyazlYICu6wypy5XPqIDvHMRuhbj-7_kExtGuYHbBY
  19. Jan

    Researchers develop pretty accurate crime prediction algorithm

    Scientists create algorithm that can predict future crime with high accuracy Researchers from the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm they say can predict individual incidents of crime within 1,000 feet (roughly 333 metres) one week before they take place. The team behind the...
    • Jan
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    • artificial intelligence machine learning minority report pre-crime university of chicago
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  20. Jan

    Robots and AI advancing health care in South Africa - report

    The robots and AI technologies advancing South African health care South African researchers and surgeons are using artificial intelligence and robotics to enhance healthcare in the country, BBC News reports. The improvements include a video-call robot that patients can use to speak to their...
    • Jan
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    • artificial intelligence davinci robot grant theron machine learning robot surgery tim forgan tygerberg hospital university of stellenbosch
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  21. Jan

    Google debate over "sentient" bots overshadows deeper AI issues

    Google says its artificial intelligence is not sentient But throughout the weekend and on Monday, researchers pushed back on the notion that the AI was truly sentient, saying the evidence only indicated a highly capable system of human mimicry, not sentience itself. “It is mimicking...
    • Jan
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    • artificial intelligence chris pappas google jana eggers lamda language models for dialogue applications max kreminski nara logics university of california
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