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South Africa

MIT study finds AI already cost-competitive with work equal to 12% of U.S. jobs

Today at 13:20 PM, via iAfrica

Artificial intelligence systems are now powerful and inexpensive enough to perform work equivalent to nearly 12 percent of U.S. jobs, according to a new MIT study — a finding likely to intensify pressure on employers, workers and policymakers to prepare for rapid changes in the economy. The research, written in October and released Wednesday, estimates […]

South Africa

Experts Urge Nigeria To Build Local AI Tools To Safeguard Data Privacy And Protect African Digital Assets

Today at 13:18 PM, via iAfrica

Experts are calling on Nigeria to accelerate the development of homegrown artificial intelligence tools to strengthen data privacy and protect Africa’s digital resources from external exploitation. The appeal was made at the AI Summit hosted by the Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development on Wednesday in Abuja, where technology practitioners and policy specialists gathered to […]

Business

800,000 jobs at risk in South Africa

Today at 16:30 PM, via Daily Investor

Solidarity warned that 800,000 direct and indirect jobs could be at risk if the government fails to deliver on its commitments and promises.

Business

Fresh disaster for South Africa

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Relations between South Africa and the United States have hit a deep freeze, with economists warning that the impact will reverberate in the economy for years to come.

Education

Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery

The Courtauld has unveiled an £82m campus redevelopment it is calling a “once-in-a-generation transformation” of its Grade-I listed building at Somerset House in London.

The Stirling prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann will take charge of the project at the teaching and...

Science/Tech

AI Can Technically Perform 12% of US Labor Market’s Wage Value, MIT Simulation Finds

Today at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

Researchers at MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have built a simulation that models all 151 million American workers and their skills, then maps those skills against the capabilities of over 13,000 AI tools currently in production to see where the two overlap. The answer, according to their analysis: 11.7% of the US labor market’s total wage value, or about $1.2 trillion, sits in tasks...