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South Africa

OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Health as Dedicated Space for Medical Conversations

Yesterday at 21:52 PM, via iAfrica

OpenAI on Wednesday announced ChatGPT Health, a new feature designed to give users a dedicated space to discuss health and wellness topics with its AI chatbot. People already use ChatGPT extensively for medical and wellness questions. OpenAI said more than 230 million health-related questions are asked on the platform each week. ChatGPT Health separates those […]

South Africa

X Limits Grok Image Generation to Paid Users After Global Backlash

Yesterday at 21:50 PM, via iAfrica

X has restricted image generation and editing on its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot to paying subscribers only, following widespread criticism over the tool’s misuse to create sexualized and nude images without consent. The change was communicated by Grok in replies to users on Friday, stating that only paid subscribers on X would be able to […]

South Africa

Meta Strikes Nuclear Power Deals to Fuel Data Centers and AI Growth

Yesterday at 21:48 PM, via iAfrica

Meta on Thursday announced three agreements to supply its U.S. data centers with nuclear power, underscoring how growing artificial intelligence workloads are reshaping energy strategies across the technology sector. The company said it has signed deals with two startups developing small modular reactors, Oklo and TerraPower, as well as with Vistra, a large U.S. power […]

South Africa

Google Pulls Some AI Overviews After Report Flags Misleading Health Information

Yesterday at 21:47 PM, via iAfrica

Google has removed some of its AI-generated search summaries after an investigation by The Guardian found that the feature was providing potentially misleading information in response to certain health-related queries. The newspaper reported that Google’s AI Overviews returned simplified numerical ranges for questions such as “what is the normal range for liver blood tests,” without […]

Africa

Mbeumo ‘sad’ over Cameroon Afcon exit

Saturday at 15:00 PM, via BBC News

Forward Bryan Mbeumo says Cameroon’s first-half performance cost them in the quarter-final defeat by Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Business

Big change coming for smoking in South Africa

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

New smoking laws being processed by parliament could force tobacco brands to use standardised packaging. But there’s a big problem.

Sport

Everton eyeing White move – Monday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:45 PM, via BBC News

Everton are eyeing a move for Ben White, Borussia Dortmund monitoring Oscar Bobb’s situation at Manchester City, Tottenham remain interested in Conor Gallagher, plus more.

Education

An Education Success Story

Yesterday at 15:04 PM, via New York Times

We bring you some good news about schools in a place you might not expect.

Education

Excessive screen time limits vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn

Yesterday at 14:54 PM, via The Guardian

Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research finds

Excessive screen time is damaging toddlers’ ability to speak, the government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives.

New research has found that children aged two with the highest screen use – about five hours a...

Education

A Russian Videographer Reveals How Putin Shapes the Next Generation

Yesterday at 12:01 PM, via New York Times

Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.

Science/Tech

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Doomerism Has ‘Done a Lot of Damage’

Today at 00:29 AM, via Slashdot

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang “said one of his biggest takeaways from 2025 was ‘the battle of narratives’ over the future of AI development between those who see doom on the horizon and the optimists,” reports Business Insider. Huang did acknowledge that “it’s too simplistic” to entirely dismiss either side (on a recent episode of the “No Priors” podcast). But “I think we’ve done a lot of damage with...

Science/Tech

How Many Years Left Until the Hubble Space Telescope Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere?

Yesterday at 23:29 PM, via Slashdot

“The clock is ticking” on the Hubble Space Telescope, writes the space news site Daily Galaxy, citing estimates from the unofficial “Hubble Reentry Tracker” site (which uses orbital data from the site space-track.org, created by tech integrator SAIC):While Hubble was initially launched into low Earth orbit at an altitude of around 360 miles, it has since descended to approximately 326 miles,...

Science/Tech

Walmart Announces Drone Delivery, Integration with Google’s AI Chatbot Gemini

Yesterday at 22:29 PM, via Slashdot

Alphabet-owned Wing “is expanding its drone delivery service to an additional 150 Walmart stores across the U.S.,” reports Axios:[T]he future is already here if you live in Dallas — where some Walmart customers order delivery by Wing three times a week. By the end of 2026, some 40 million Americans, or about 12 percent of the U.S. population, will be able to take advantage of the convenience,...

Motoring

BYD unveils new car brand

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via TopAuto

BYD has created a new sub-brand designed to appeal to the e-hailing industry.