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South Africa

South African Artist Uses AI-Generated Comics to Spotlight Community Issues

Today at 22:52 PM, via iAfrica

Thembelani Mkhize, 32, is using AI-generated comics to highlight community issues and help residents better understand what is happening around them. Mkhize, who is from Mpophomeni, has gained attention for creating visual stories that reflect challenges facing society, including local service delivery concerns. He said his passion for storytelling was influenced by his father, who […]

South Africa

Tech Leaders at Davos Frame AI as a Geopolitical Weapon in U.S.-China Race

Today at 22:41 PM, via iAfrica

Top technology executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos are warning that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a geopolitical force, shaping global power competition and raising new national security concerns. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei compared advanced AI chips to nuclear weapons, arguing the United States risks losing its advantage over China by selling high-end […]

South Africa

Former Google Employees Launch Sparkli, a Generative AI App for Interactive Learning for Kids

Today at 22:33 PM, via iAfrica

Big Tech companies and startups are increasingly building generative AI tools for children, but many products rely heavily on text or voice, which may not keep kids engaged. Three former Google employees are aiming to address that gap with Sparkli, a generative AI-powered interactive learning app. Sparkli was founded last year by Lax Poojary, Lucie […]

South Africa

2026 Predictions: Evolving Data Centres For An AI-Driven Future

Today at 22:12 PM, via iAfrica

The AI disruptions of the past few years have only been the prologue to what’s coming in 2026: AI’s full integration into data centre processes and builds. It’s a moment we’ve been building up to ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT brought Artificial Intelligence into the mainstream in late 2022, sending shockwaves through everything from academia and […]

Education

Namibia: Budget Friendly School Lunch Ideas

Today at 01:29 AM, via AllAfrica

[Namibian] The children are back at school, and between stationery shopping and replacing school shoes they somehow outgrew over the holidays, most of us are checking our bank balances with one eye closed, fully aware that payday is still a long way off.

Education

Gambia: Le Jumbo Graduates 175 in Mentorship Cohort 0.4 Programme

Today at 01:15 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Point] Le Jumbo, a mentorship programme designed to arm youth with the requisite skills and knowledge before they start seeking for formal jobs at institutions, recently graduated over 175 mentees from its mentorship program cohort 0.4.

Science/Tech

Microsoft 365 Endured 9+ Hours of Outages Thursday

Today at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

Early Friday “there were nearly 113 incidents of people reporting issues with Microsoft 365 as of 1:05 a.m. ET,” reports Reuters. But that’s down “from over 15,890 reports at its peak a day earlier, according to Downdetector.” Reuters points out the outage affected antivirus software Microsoft Defender and data governance software Microsoft Purview, while CRN notes it also impacted “a number of...

Science/Tech

AI Luminaries Clash At Davos Over How Close Human-Level Intelligence Really Is

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from FortuneThe large language models (LLMs) that have captivated the world are not a path to human-level intelligence, two AI experts asserted in separate remarks at Davos. Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning CEO of Google DeepMind, and the executive who leads the development of Google’s Gemini models, said today’s AI systems, as impressive as they...

Science/Tech

NASA Confident, But Some Critics Wonder if Its Orion Spacecraft is Safe to Fly

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

“NASA remains confident it has a handle on the problem and the vehicle can bring the crew home safely,” reports CNN. But “When four astronauts begin a historic trip around the moon as soon as February 6, they’ll climb aboard NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft with the understanding that it has a known flaw — one that has some experts urging the space agency not to fly the mission with...

Science/Tech

US Insurer ‘Lemonade’ Cuts Rates 50% for Drivers Using Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Software

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters:U.S. insurer Lemonade said on Wednesday it would offer a 50% rate cut for drivers of Tesla electric vehicles when the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver assistance software is steering because it had data showing it reduced accidents. Lemonade’s move is an endorsement of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims that the company’s vehicle...