Category: Tech

222 At war … Dario Amodei and Sam Altman If not for the intense rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI, the generative AI boom might not have arrived so quickly. In late 2022,…

328 Charles Molapisi MTN Group is targeting R30-billion in “value creation” from AI over the next three to five years, with roughly half expected to come from using AI to run the…

297 South African businesses are rolling out AI voice agents at speed. Most of those agents were built in the US. They sound American, “think” in English and process calls through servers…

227 As the demand for flexible tertiary education grows, choosing the right institution is critical. Richfield has perfected the distance learning model, ensuring that students receive the same quality of education as…

288 Microsoft’s Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant cuts to marketing and other budgets, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The job cuts would mark the first major restructuring…

251 For South Africa’s merchants and lenders, the most important question at the end of each month is a simple one: can customers actually pay? Behind every card swipe, debit order and…

281 An AI boom has driven stock markets to record highs and big tech firms are piling hundreds of billions of dollars into new tech, while consumers, workers and businesses are grappling…

311 South Africa plans to add to its automotive incentive programme the minerals used in the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries to boost local EV production and support related supply chains. The…

259 Employees of Paratus Mozambique with people from the Santa Maria community Paratus Mozambique, part of pan-African telecommunications group Paratus, is extending its commitment to helping bridge Mozambique’s digital divide. What began…

312 Global regulators said increasingly autonomous forms of AI could amplify risks for the financial system and called for new controls as adoption accelerates. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) in a report…