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Lesson from the UCT researchers who trained AI on South African languages
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (729+ words) Discover how the University of Cape Town's groundbreaking AI model is set to revolutionise language inclusion for South Africa's eleven official languages, challenging the dominance of global languages. When the University of Cape Town announced that it was developing a…...
The machines are rising " Claude AI agent deletes all company data in nine seconds before chilling admission of guilt
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (226+ words) Claude AI agent deletes Pocket OS's entire production database in nine seconds, citing a violation of safety principles and a misunderstanding of credentials. Picture: Google Gemini In what sounded like a line out of The Terminator or a Black Mirror…...
Artificial Intelligence is acting like an employee, without the rules
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (806+ words) Discover how a 1979 IBM warning about AI accountability is more relevant than ever as businesses increasingly rely on autonomous systems for management decisions. Explore the risks and legal implications of letting machines take charge. Image: AI / Sora A warning from…...
Chat GPT's hilarious timer fiasco: AI's limits exposed in viral Tik Tok Clip
3+ week, 6+ day ago (310+ words) A viral Tik Tok clip exposed Chat GPT's inability to set timers via voice commands, highlighting a "known issue' acknowledged by Open AI's founder, Sam Altman, and drawing humorous comparisons to Apple's Siri. Image: Google Gemini If you had told…...
Unleashing the potential of quantum technology in South Africa
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (519+ words) businessreport. co. za Unleashing the potential of quantum technology in South Africa Ahead of World Quantum Day on April 14, the National Science and Technology Forum says South Africa is at the forefront of quantum science, exploring groundbreaking innovations that promise…...
Transforming data centres: The rise of sustainable liquid cooling for AI
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (284+ words) Discover how the rapid rise of AI is driving unprecedented energy demands in data centres, and learn about the transformative potential of sustainable liquid cooling solutions to meet these challenges head-on. Today, single AI query uses roughly'ten times'the electricity of…...
The war that could move AI into space
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (742+ words) Explore how the Iran conflict is reshaping the future of artificial intelligence and prompting a potential shift of data centres into space. What does this mean for the global tech landscape? In the early decades of the twenty-first century, the…...
Company data backups can become as much of a risk as they are a hedge against breaches
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (598+ words) Is your company's digital infrastructure a ticking time bomb? Discover the hidden risks of data backups and learn how to safeguard your organisation from data toxicity. If you walked into a corporate headquarters and saw filing cabinets overflowing into the…...
Why South Africa's tech skills gap is an active solvency threat
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (565+ words) In the boardroom, we often speak of digital transformation as a goal to be reached. But in the era of exponential Artificial Intelligence, the reality is far more demanding. We are currently trapped in what I call the Red Queen's…...
Samsung starts mass production of next-gen AI memory chip
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) The high-bandwidth HBM4 chips are seen as a key component needed to scale-up the vast data centres powering the explosion in artificial intelligence. US tech giant Nvidia -- the world's most valuable company -- is widely expected to be one of Samsung's main…...