A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
After several years of dismissing A.I. safety as doomer fear-mongering, parts of the Trump administration now seem ready to support regulation.
SATURDAY, 16 MAY 2026, 11:52
After several years of dismissing A.I. safety as doomer fear-mongering, parts of the Trump administration now seem ready to support regulation.
A new Gallup survey found that 71% of Americans oppose having an AI data center built near them, making the facilities even less popular than nearby nuclear plants, which 53% oppose. The Register reports: When it comes to the reasons for opposing AI campuses, half of all respondents cite the effect on resources, with excess water usage and potential power grid constraints topping the list....

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By year-end, 750 bank branches will offer smart ID services, and doorstep delivery is coming as the DHA cracks the whip on fraud.

The pay-as-you-go fibre provider plans to reach a million homes, if all goes according to plan, says founder Alan Knott-Craig Jr.
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Reducing the fee will only have a marginal impact on prices while depriving the government of revenue to maintain roads.

The Huawei Developer Competition attracts 1 041 participants, who are building impactful, tech-driven solutions.

Following tax and fee adjustments introduced in 2024, cross-border e-commerce growth has slowed to about 7%, signalling the end of “indiscriminate low-price competition”.

María de Jesús Estrada Juárez was applying for her green card and thought she was doing everything right. Instead, she was arrested and deported to Mexico.

Group CITO Johnson Idesoh says the bank will deploy “super agents” to scan its systems and shorten patch cycles.

Securonix will present on AI-driven security operations at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Johannesburg.

Gauteng and the DA clash over the CCTV camera network, with disputes over offline cameras and crime-fighting effectiveness.

CFTC chairman Michael Selig sat down with WIRED to discuss how the agency scours Polymarket and other prediction markets for illegal activity.

The expansion is central to the home affairs department’s plan to finally retire the much-defrauded green ID book.

The Thinking Machines Lab founder and former CTO of OpenAI tells WIRED she isn’t interested in automating people out of jobs. Instead, she’s building AI that can collaborate.

The digital bank targets 210 million global customers, as it rebrands and empowers 1 800 staff with a R100 million stake.

The local payment platform defends the BNPL model after announcing its partnership with Ozow.

Tech discussions must focus on innovation and digital transformation as drivers of socio-economic growth, Sentech Africa Tech Week hears.

Global Tier 1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at Digital Parks Africa’s (DPA) Samrand data centre, giving customers direct access to one of the world’s largest Internet Protocol (IP) backbone networks from within the facility. As a Tier 1 Internet Service Provider (ISP), Cogent owns and operates a global network enabling high performance and […]

The communications minister has thrown his weight behind a section 25BB extension that the sector has long sought.